Tilt: Cross-site WebSocket hijacking of the Tilt HUD stream
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-345.
Summary
Tilt defines dev environments as code for microservice apps on Kubernetes. From 0.24.0 through 0.37.3, the Tilt HUD WebSocket at /ws/view is gated by a CSRF token, but the token is served by the unauthenticated /api/websocket_token endpoint and the upgrader accepts clients that omit an Origin header. When the HUD is network-exposed, an attacker who can reach the listener can open the HUD WebSocket and receive the full view stream, including session state, Tiltfile contents, resource statuses, and continued updates. This issue is fixed in version 0.37.4.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tilt-dev | tilt | 0.24.0 to before 0.37.4 | 0.37.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/tilt-dev/tilt (Go) | 0.24.0 to before 0.37.4 | 0.37.4 | Patch available | GHSA-6m68-r693-78qx |
- tilt Vendortilt-dev Affected 0.24.0 to before 0.37.4 Fixed in 0.37.4 Patch available CNA
- github.com/tilt-dev/tilt (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.24.0 to before 0.37.4 Fixed in 0.37.4 Patch available GHSA-6m68-r693-78qx
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tilt (tilt-dev) Fixed in 0.37.4
- Fix · GHSA-6m68-r693-78qx github.com/tilt-dev/tilt (Go) Fixed in 0.37.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55883
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6m68-r693-78qx
References
More tilt-dev vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-40337 Tilt: Missing authentication on the network-exposed Tilt HUD server CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-40335 Tilt: Unauthenticated pprof debug endpoints on the Tilt HUD server CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-55883 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-55883 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6m68-r693-78qx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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