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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2026-55078 json

Coder: Zip upload decompression lacks aggregate size limit, enabling denial of service

published 2026-07-06 4 mo ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-2mg2-p7r7-g27f , GO-2026-5916 , EUVD-2026-42131

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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`.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/coder/coder/v2 2.29.17, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.2
  • coder coder 2.29.17, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/coder/coder/v2
>=2.34.0, <2.34.2
>=2.33.0, <2.33.8
>=2.30.0, <2.32.7
>=2.17.0, <2.29.17
2.34.2
2.33.8
2.32.7
2.29.17
go github.com/coder/coder
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • coder coder

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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