GHSA-mcqq-fqgf-rxwm: Coder vulnerable to SSH config injection via unsanitized server-supplied values in `coder config-ssh`
Summary
coder config-ssh wrote server-supplied SSH settings (HostnameSuffix, SSHConfigOptions) into the user's ~/.ssh/config without sanitizing embedded newlines or restricting directives so a malicious or compromised Coder server could inject arbitrary SSH configuration.
Note: Practical exploitation requires control of the server-supplied values through a malicious or compromised deployment, a man-in-the-middle position or admin access to the HostnameSuffix and SSHConfigOptions settings.
Impact
A server administrator or an attacker who controlled the server, could inject a directive such as ProxyCommand and achieve arbitrary code execution on any developer workstation that ran coder config-ssh. Injected commands ran with the local user's privileges and applied to all SSH connections, not just Coder workspaces.
Patches
The fix validates HostnameSuffix and SSHConfigOptions against a strict character set that rejects newlines and other control characters.
The fix was backported to all supported release lines:
| Release line | Patched version |
|---|---|
| 2.34 | v2.34.2 |
| 2.33 | v2.33.8 |
| 2.32 | v2.32.7 |
| 2.29 (ESR) | v2.29.17 |
Workarounds
Inspect coder config-ssh --dry-run output before applying changes.
Resources
- Fix: #26154
Credits
Coder would like to thank Anthropic's Security Team (ANT-2026-22437) for independently disclosing this issue!
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mcqq-fqgf-rxwm
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-2026-554270.47% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 37% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-55427 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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