Coder's OIDC email_verified type coercion bypass enables account takeover via unverified email linking

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, Coder's OIDC callback checked `email_verified` with a direct Go `bool` type assertion. When an IdP returned the claim as a non-boolean (for example the string `"false"`) or omitted it, the assertion failed open and the email was treated as verified. Combined with an unconditional email-based account fallback, this enabled account takeover. The fix in versions 2.29.7, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2 coerces `email_verified` across bool, string and numeric types (fail-closed) and blocks the email fallback when the matched user already has a different linked IdP subject. As a workaround, ensure the IdP returns `email_verified` as a native JSON boolean. The email-fallback linking issue has no configuration workaround; upgrading is required.

Timeline

1. Jul 7, 2026, 10:23 PM UTCCVE published
2. Jul 8, 2026, 2:03 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Jul 8, 2026, 2:03 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• coder coder

  From 2.34.0 · fixed in 2.34.2; From 2.33.0 · fixed in 2.33.8; From 2.30.0 · fixed in 2.32.7; fixed in 2.29.17

• github.com/coder/coder/v2Go

  From 2.34.0 · fixed in 2.34.2

• github.com/coder/coder/v2Go

  From 2.33.0 · fixed in 2.33.8

• github.com/coder/coder/v2Go

  From 2.30.0 · fixed in 2.32.7

• github.com/coder/coder/v2Go

  fixed in 2.29.17

• github.com/coder/coderGo

  All versions

• github.com/coder/coder/v2Go

  fixed in 2.29.17; From 2.30.0 · fixed in 2.32.7; From 2.33.0 · fixed in 2.33.8; From 2.34.0 · fixed in 2.34.2

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