How severe is CVE-2026-55078?

CVE-2026-55078 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by CVE-2026-55078?

CVE-2026-55078 affects the following packages: github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go), github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go), github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go), github.com/coder/coder/v2 (Go). Ecosystems affected: Go.

How do I fix CVE-2026-55078?

Update github.com/coder/coder/v2 to 2.34.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-55078 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect CVE-2026-55078 in my Go dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/coder/coder/v2, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2026-55078 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Is CVE-2026-55078 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for CVE-2026-55078 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-55078?

CVE-2026-55078 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.6%, placing it in the 48th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2026-55078?

CVE-2026-55078 is classified as CWE-409 (CWE-409), CWE-770 (CWE-770). These weakness types describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

When was CVE-2026-55078 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2026-55078 was published on July 7, 2026 and was last updated on October 21, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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MEDIUM severity

CVE-2026-55078 — coder

MEDIUMFix: coder/coder#25877

CVE-2026-55078 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-409 vulnerability in github.com/coder/coder/v2. A fix is available for github.com/coder/coder/v2 — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Coder: Zip upload decompression lacks aggregate size limit, enabling denial of service

Also known asGHSA-2mg2-p7r7-g27fGO-2026-5916

Published

Jul 7, 2026

Updated

Oct 21, 2026

Affected

4 pkgs

Patched

4 / 4

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Oct 23, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-55078.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs48th percentile — riskier than 48% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2026-55078 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 395,249 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

4 pkgs affected

🐹github.com/coder/coder/v2🐹github.com/coder/coder/v2🐹github.com/coder/coder/v2🐹github.com/coder/coder/v2

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Summary

POST /api/v2/files converts zip uploads to tar in memory via CreateTarFromZip, which enforced a per-entry size limit but no aggregate limit on total decompressed output, writing to an unbounded in-memory buffer.

Note: Exploitation requires authenticated file-upload access and the impact is limited to availability (denial of service).

Impact

An authenticated user could upload a zip within the 100 MiB upload limit but containing many highly compressible entries whose decompressed size exhausted memory, crashing coderd before any RBAC check. Repeated requests could keep the service unavailable. This is a denial of service; it does not allow data disclosure or code execution.

Patches

The fix adds a metadata preflight check that sums projected entry sizes and a streaming writer that enforces the aggregate limit during decompression.

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

Restrict file-upload permissions to trusted users or place a reverse proxy with request-body size limits in front of coderd.

Resources

Fix: #25877

Credits

Coder would like to thank Anthropic's Security Team (ANT-2026-22438) for independently disclosing this issue!

Affected Packages

4 total 4 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🐹Go	`github.com/coder/coder/v2`	≥ 2.34.0&&< 2.34.2	2.34.2`go get github.com/coder/coder/v2@v2.34.2`
🐹Go	`github.com/coder/coder/v2`	≥ 2.33.0&&< 2.33.8	2.33.8`go get github.com/coder/coder/v2@v2.33.8`
🐹Go	`github.com/coder/coder/v2`	≥ 2.30.0&&< 2.32.7	2.32.7`go get github.com/coder/coder/v2@v2.32.7`
🐹Go	`github.com/coder/coder/v2`	≥ 2.17.0&&< 2.29.17	2.29.17`go get github.com/coder/coder/v2@v2.29.17`

Affected Products

1 product · 4 configurations

Application

codercoder

≥ 2.34.0 && < 2.34.2

range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/coder/coder/v2, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/coder/coder/v2 to 2.34.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-55078 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Summary `POST /api/v2/files` converts zip uploads to tar in memory via `CreateTarFromZip`, which enforced a per-entry size limit but no aggregate limit on total decompressed output, writing to an unbounded in-memory buffer. > **Note:** Exploitation requires authenticated file-upload access and the impact is limited to availability (denial of service). ### Impact An authenticated user could upload a zip within the 100 MiB upload limit but containing many highly compressible entries whose decompressed size exhausted memory, crashing `coderd` before any RBAC check. Repeated requests could