Authorization bypass in Coder RBAC policy via user-level ACL
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Coder from 2.0.0 before 2.34.8 contains an incorrect authorization flaw in the acl_allow rule of its RBAC policy, which does not verify organization membership for per-user ACL entries. Removing a user from an organization does not scrub those entries, so an authenticated user can keep reaching previously granted organization-scoped resources such as templates and workspaces through the API. The flaw is tracked as CWE-863. An authenticated user with low privileges on the network can exploit it with no user interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Coder from 2.0.0 before 2.34.8 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in the acl_allow rule of coderd/rbac/policy.rego, which does not verify organization membership for per-user ACL entries, and organization member removal does not scrub those entries. Authenticated users removed from an organization can keep accessing previously granted org-scoped resources such as templates and workspaces via the API.
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
Remediation
Upgrade coder to version 2.34.8 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA coder (coder) Fixed in 2.34.8
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
coder 2.34.8
6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-76132 Hostname prefix match in Coder workspace proxy leaks API keysPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-76134 Coder bypass exposes other organizations' Terraform module filesPriority LOW 26
- TI-2026-76136 Open redirect in Coder via workspace app proxyPriority LOW 23
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111928
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-4q6w-qppm-gxr9
- 2026-10-19 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More coder vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-29799 code-server session cookie can be extracted by having user visit specially crafted proxy URL CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-37344 AgentAPI exposed user chat history via a DNS rebinding attack CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-34071 Coder: PKCS#7 signature bypass in Azure instance identity allows unauthenticated agent token theft CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-32394 Coder vulnerable to workspace auto-creation via crafted URL parameters without user consent CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27585 Code Extension Marketplace has a Zip Slip Path Traversal CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-18523 Coder's OIDC authentication allows email with partially matching domain to register CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-111928 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111928 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4q6w-qppm-gxr9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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