High severity · published Jul 7, 2026
CVE-2026-44454
Coder vulnerable to workspace auto-creation via crafted URL parameters without user consent
8.8
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. Prior to versions 2.29.7 and 2.30.2, the `dotfiles` registry module passed unsanitized user input to shell commands, allowing arbitrary code execution inside a provisioned workspace. Any user who supplied a crafted `dotfiles_uri` value (for example, one containing shell command substitution such as `$(...)`) could achieve command execution in their own workspace. The Create Workspace page's `mode=auto` deep links amplified this into a one-click attack: an attacker could craft a URL that prefilled `param.dotfiles_uri` and silently provisioned a workspace with the attacker-controlled value, with no explicit user confirmation. In versions 2.29.7 and 2.30.2, input validation was added to the dotfiles module to reject URIs and usernames containing special characters, and the unsafe `eval`/`sh -c` usage was removed. This eliminated the command injection at its source.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
coder · coder
< 2.29.7; >= 2.30.0, < 2.30.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44454
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44454
Patch
https://github.com/coder/coder/commit/60e3ab7632f42415d283b9fd5622ee53a4639ceb
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/22011
Release Notes
https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.29.7
Release Notes
https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/tag/v2.30.2
Patch
https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisories/GHSA-m3cr-vc2j-pm27
Patch
https://github.com/coder/registry/commit/8e68c96633f65a1babd76a93b6923e3deead4a82
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