GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-f962-qm93-mj4c Coder's unbounded memory allocation in provisioner file upload allows authenticated denial of service
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-55079
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/coder/coder/v2
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-789
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-06
Affected packages
• Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: >= 2.34.0, < 2.34.2 → fixed in 2.34.2
• Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8 → fixed in 2.33.8
• Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: >= 2.30.0, < 2.32.7 → fixed in 2.32.7
• Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: >= 2.24.0, < 2.29.17 → fixed in 2.29.17
Description
Summary
`NewDataBuilder` in `provisionersdk/proto/dataupload.go` allocated a byte slice using the client-supplied `FileSize` from a `DataUpload` message without an upper-bound check. Although the DRPC wire limit is 4 MiB, the `FileSize` value itself was unconstrained
Impact
An authenticated user able to reach the provisioner daemon serve endpoint could send a roughly 50-byte message declaring a huge `FileSize` (for example 1 TiB), triggering an unrecoverable Go out-of-memory abort that terminates `coderd`. This is a single-message denial of service affecting the entire deployment.
Patches
The fix validates `FileSize` against an upper bound (`MaxFileSize = 100 MiB`) before allocation.
The fix was backported to all supported release lines:
| Release line | Patched version |
|---|---|
| 2.34 | v2.34.2 |
| 2.33 | v2.33.8 |
| 2.32 | v2.32.7 |
| 2.29 (ESR) | v2.29.17 |
Workarounds
Restrict access to the provisioner daemon serve endpoint to trusted provisioner daemon service accounts.
Resources
• Fix: #25710
Credits
Coder would like to thank Anthropic's Security Team (ANT-2026-22442) for independently disclosing this issue!
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-55079 Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value weakness