GHSA-wcx9-ccpj-hx3c: Coder vulnerable to post-auth URL redirection to untrusted site ('Open Redirect')

Summary

An issue on Coder’s login page allows attackers to craft a Coder URL that when clicked by a logged in user could redirect them to a website the attacker controls, e.g. https://google.com.

Details

On the login page, Coder checks for the presence of a redirect query parameter. On successful login, the user would be redirected to the location of the parameter. Improper sanitization allows attackers to specify a URL outside of the Coder application to redirect users to.

Impact

Coder users could potentially be redirected to a untrusted website if tricked into clicking a URL crafted by the attacker. Coder authentication tokens are not leaked to the resulting website.

To check if your deployment is vulnerable, visit the following URL for your Coder deployment:

• https://<coder url>/login?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fcoder.com%2Fdocs

Patched Versions

This vulnerability is remedied in

• v2.16.1
• v2.15.3
• v2.14.4

All versions prior to 2.3.1 are not affected.

Thanks

• https://github.com/jchristov

References

https://github.com/coder/coder/security/advisories/GHSA-wcx9-ccpj-hx3c https://github.com/coder/coder/commit/69c1d981e3131e50d52b01f6a360abadaad699e6