CVE-2026-55078
Coder: Zip upload decompression lacks aggregate size limit, enabling denial of service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jul 7, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 16, 2026
Description
Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. Starting in version 2.17.0 and prior to versions 2.29.7, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2, `POST /api/v2/files` converts zip uploads to tar in memory via `CreateTarFromZip`, which enforced a per-entry size limit but no aggregate limit on total decompressed output, writing to an unbounded in-memory buffer. Exploitation requires authenticated file-upload access and the impact is limited to availability (denial of service). The fix in versions 2.29.7, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2 adds a metadata preflight check that sums projected entry sizes and a streaming writer that enforces the aggregate limit during decompression. As a workaround, restrict file-upload permissions to trusted users or place a reverse proxy with request-body size limits in front of `coderd`.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
codercoder |
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References
- https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisories/GHSA-2mg2-p7r7-g27f
- https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/25877
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.29.17
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.32.7
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.33.8
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.34.2
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