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GHSA-29XF-69GQ-M9JX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-06 20:53 – Updated: 2026-07-06 20:53

Summary

Coder: User-admin role can reset owner account password

Details

Summary

The PUT /api/v2/users/{user}/password endpoint authorized only ActionUpdatePersonal and did not prevent a user-admin from resetting an owner account's password. It also did not require the current password when an admin reset another user's password.

Note: Exploitation requires the privileged user-admin role so practical risk is limited to deployments that grant user-admin to less trusted operators.

Impact

A user-admin could reset any owner's password without knowing it, authenticate as that owner and gain full deployment control, including templates, workspaces, licensing, organization settings and the ability to self-assign the owner role. This was a privilege escalation from user-admin to owner.

Patches

The fix prevents non-owner users from resetting the password of an account that holds the owner role.

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 the user-admin role to trusted administrators until upgrading.

Resources

Fix: #25709

Credits

Coder would like to thank Anthropic's Security Team (ANT-2026-22436) for independently disclosing this issue!

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/coder/coder/v2"
      },
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  "aliases": [
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  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nThe `PUT /api/v2/users/{user}/password` endpoint authorized only `ActionUpdatePersonal` and did not prevent a `user-admin` from resetting an `owner` account\u0027s password. It also did not require the current password when an admin reset another user\u0027s password.\n\n\u003e **Note:** Exploitation requires the privileged `user-admin` role so practical risk is limited to deployments that grant `user-admin` to less trusted operators.\n\n### Impact\n\nA `user-admin` could reset any owner\u0027s password without knowing it, authenticate as that owner and gain full deployment control, including templates, workspaces, licensing, organization settings and the ability to self-assign the `owner` role. This was a privilege escalation from `user-admin` to `owner`.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe fix prevents non-owner users from resetting the password of an account that holds the `owner` role.\n\nThe fix was backported to all supported release lines:\n\n| Release line | Patched version |\n|---|---|\n| 2.34 | [v2.34.2](https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.34.2) |\n| 2.33 | [v2.33.8](https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.33.8) |\n| 2.32 | [v2.32.7](https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.32.7) |\n| 2.29 (ESR) | [v2.29.17](https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.29.17) |\n\n### Workarounds\n\nRestrict the `user-admin` role to trusted administrators until upgrading.\n\n### Resources\n- Fix: #25709\n\n### Credits\n\nCoder would like to thank Anthropic\u0027s Security Team (ANT-2026-22436) for independently disclosing this issue!",
  "id": "GHSA-29xf-69gq-m9jx",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T20:53:04Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T20:53:04Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Coder: User-admin role can reset owner account password"
}

CVE-2026-55077 (GCVE-0-2026-55077)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-07 22:44 – Updated: 2026-07-09 14:41

Title

Coder: User-admin role can reset owner account password

Summary

Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. Prior to versions 2.29.7, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2, the `PUT /api/v2/users/{user}/password` endpoint authorized only `ActionUpdatePersonal` and did not prevent a `user-admin` from resetting an `owner` account's password. It also did not require the current password when an admin reset another user's password. Exploitation requires the privileged `user-admin` role so practical risk is limited to deployments that grant `user-admin` to less trusted operators. The fix in versions 2.29.7, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2 prevents non-owner users from resetting the password of an account that holds the `owner` role. As a workaround, restrict the `user-admin` role to trusted administrators.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-09 14:31 UTC

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisorie…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/25709	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.29.17	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.32.7	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.33.8	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.34.2	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
coder	coder	Affected: >= 2.34.0, < 2.34.2 Affected: >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8 Affected: >= 2.30.0, < 2.32.7 Affected: < 2.29.17

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