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GHSA-mcqq-fqgf-rxwm Coder vulnerable to SSH config injection via unsanitized server-supplied values in `coder config-ssh`

HIGH Published 2026-07-06 Modified 2026-07-06 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-55427
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/coder/coder/v2
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-74, CWE-78
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: < 2.29.17 → fixed in 2.29.17

Description

Summary `coder config-ssh` wrote server-supplied SSH settings (`HostnameSuffix`, `SSHConfigOptions`) into the user's `~/.ssh/config` without sanitizing embedded newlines or restricting directives so a malicious or compromised Coder server could inject arbitrary SSH configuration. > Note: Practical exploitation requires control of the server-supplied values through a malicious or compromised deployment, a man-in-the-middle position or admin access to the `HostnameSuffix` and `SSHConfigOptions` settings. Impact A server administrator or an attacker who controlled the server, could inject a directive such as `ProxyCommand` and achieve arbitrary code execution on any developer workstation that ran `coder config-ssh`. Injected commands ran with the local user's privileges and applied to all SSH connections, not just Coder workspaces. Patches The fix validates `HostnameSuffix` and `SSHConfigOptions` against a strict character set that rejects newlines and other control characters. 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 Inspect `coder config-ssh --dry-run` output before applying changes. Resources • Fix: #26154 Credits Coder would like to thank Anthropic's Security Team (ANT-2026-22437) for independently disclosing this issue!

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-55427 Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References