GHSA-6m68-r693-78qx: Tilt: Cross-site WebSocket hijacking of the Tilt HUD stream
Summary
The Tilt HUD WebSocket (/ws/view) is gated by a CSRF token, but the token is served by an unauthenticated endpoint and the upgrader accepts any client that omits an Origin header. When the HUD is network-exposed, an attacker can open the HUD stream and read the developer's session state.
Details
The upgrader accepts a connection when the csrf query parameter matches a process-wide token (websocketCSRFToken). That token is served as text/plain by an unauthenticated handler (WebsocketToken, mounted at /api/websocket_token), so any reachable caller can fetch it and connect to /ws/view?csrf=<token>. When the parameter does not match, the upgrader falls back to a same-origin check that returns true when the Origin header is absent, so a non-browser client that omits Origin is accepted anyway. The token has no per-session binding.
Impact
An attacker who can reach the HUD listener can open the HUD WebSocket and receive the full view stream — session state, Tiltfile contents, resource statuses, and continued updates — defeating the intended anti-CSWSH protection.
Conditions for exploitation
- Affected version in >= 0.24.0, <= 0.37.3.
- HUD bound to a non-loopback address (tilt up --host 0.0.0.0, or TILT_HOST set).
- Network reachability to the listener (default port 10350).
Not affected
- The default loopback-only bind is not reachable from the network.
Workarounds
Use the default loopback bind (omit --host, unset TILT_HOST). No complete workaround short of upgrading for non-loopback deployments.
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6m68-r693-78qx
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-558830.22% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 13% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-55883 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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