{"id":"CVE-2026-126404","summary":"Coder from 2.38.0 before 2.38.4 Privilege Escalation via API Key Creation","details":"Coder 2.28.0 before 2.29.24, 2.30.0 before 2.34.16, 2.35.0 before 2.36.11, 2.37.0 before 2.37.8, and 2.38.0 before 2.38.4 does not restrict new API keys to the creating token's scopes, allow list, or expiry. A scoped API key or OAuth2 token holding key-creation permission can call POST /api/v2/users/{user}/keys/tokens to mint longer-lived coder:all keys, gaining the user's full privileges.","aliases":["GHSA-x3gf-xv6p-56hf"],"modified":"2026-11-15T02:30:27.643896190Z","published":"2026-11-13T09:35:45.631Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"VulnCheck","cwe_ids":["CWE-266"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/126xxx/CVE-2026-126404.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/126xxx/CVE-2026-126404.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisories/GHSA-x3gf-xv6p-56hf"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-126404"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/coder-from-2.38.0-before-2.38.4-privilege-escalation-via-api-key-creation"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/coder/coder","events":[{"introduced":"c3c6a672821e8ac2472c45f3be7a3c600aa8dae1"},{"fixed":"d16b1cabb64417e197bb8887e9b8f6988d37837c"},{"introduced":"8a148a9a57eef8dc19db13d1423adcdaadd319d4"},{"fixed":"7ac93cffea828ca2d9514cfc6c0ad6337834aebe"},{"introduced":"a300a06a0da0dced695ef8df8404c7c4dffd337e"},{"fixed":"09771c903862d9865c4db4cf9fa383710e93a192"},{"introduced":"43e67d12e278e13399cffc77f132e8e628339477"},{"fixed":"5f4c56ce651a6f88f26ffab50b9b8aff4dd7143e"},{"introduced":"1b1e3cb706b899e0779f1561e088ee8cbd3f6aaf"},{"fixed":"f582ac45c89542a78e268980c5f8add0d62b9ac3"},{"introduced":"a82f2350165c701ce3cbb6260f849e26f4264f79"},{"fixed":"a300a06a0da0dced695ef8df8404c7c4dffd337e"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"strategy":"StandardRange","range":[{"introduced":"2.38.0"},{"fixed":"2.38.4"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"},{"range":[{"introduced":"2.37.0"},{"fixed":"2.37.8"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","strategy":"StandardRange"},{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","strategy":"StandardRange","range":[{"introduced":"2.36.0"},{"fixed":"2.36.11"}]},{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","strategy":"StandardRange","range":[{"introduced":"2.30.0"},{"fixed":"2.34.16"}]},{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","strategy":"StandardRange","range":[{"introduced":"2.28.0"},{"fixed":"2.29.24"}]},{"range":[{"introduced":"2.35.0"},{"fixed":"2.36.0"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","strategy":"StandardRange"}]}}],"versions":["v2.37.7","v2.38.3","v2.37.6","v2.38.2","v2.37.5","v2.38.1","v2.37.4","v2.38.0","v2.37.3","v2.37.2","v2.37.1","v2.37.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-126404.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}