GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-c73q-8xxr-rgqm Tilt: Missing authentication on the network-exposed Tilt HUD server
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-55884
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/tilt-dev/tilt
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-19
Affected packages
• Go github.com/tilt-dev/tilt: >= 0.20.8, < 0.37.4 → fixed in 0.37.4
Description
Summary
The Tilt HUD HTTP server exposes state-changing and sensitive-read endpoints with no authentication. When the HUD is bound to a non-loopback address, a network attacker can trigger the developer's pre-defined Tiltfile resources, tamper with Tiltfile arguments, read full engine state including the session token, and reach the Tilt apiserver through a token-attaching proxy.
Details
The HUD server registers its handlers on a `gorilla/mux` router with no authenticating middleware. The `cookieWrapper` helper emits the `Tilt-Token` cookie but never validates it, and is attached only to the static-asset prefix.
Impact
An unauthenticated network caller can force any developer-defined resource to run on the host as the `tilt` user (choosing which and when, not the command text), set arbitrary Tiltfile arguments, disclose the session token and full engine state, and invoke apiserver resources via the loopback-token proxy. Because `tilt up` runs with the developer's privileges and credentials, the impact reaches the developer's environment and cluster.
Conditions for exploitation
• Affected version in `>= 0.20.8, <= 0.37.3`.
• HUD bound to a non-loopback address (`tilt up --host 0.0.0.0`, or `TILT_HOST` set).
• Network reachability to the listener (default port `10350`).
Not affected
• The default loopback-only bind is not reachable from the network.
Workarounds
Use the default loopback bind (omit `--host`, unset `TILT_HOST`) and ensure nothing else proxies to `localhost:10350`. No complete workaround short of upgrading for non-loopback deployments.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-55884 Tilt defines dev environments as code for microservice apps on Kubernetes. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness