fix!: only trust x-forwarded-host from configured trusted proxies (#26204)

Subdomain app routing derived the app identity from
httpapi.RequestHost, which returned the client-supplied
X-Forwarded-Host header verbatim. No middleware validated or stripped
that header, so a request from an untrusted peer could forge it. Since
the application_connect cookie is scoped to the wildcard apps domain,
JavaScript in a share=authenticated app could fetch() with a forged
X-Forwarded-Host pointing at a victim's owner-only app; coderd routed
and authorized the request as the victim and returned the private app
response same-origin to the attacker.

Replace RequestHost with httpmw.EffectiveHost, which honors
X-Forwarded-Host only when the original socket peer is a configured
trusted origin, otherwise falling back to the received Host header.
This ties host trust to the same RealIPConfig model already used for
X-Forwarded-For and -Proto. Wire it into HandleSubdomain for both
coderd and wsproxy, and log both the effective host and the raw
received_host.

Add coverage: EffectiveHost unit tests assert the trust decision uses
the socket peer rather than the spoofable forwarded client IP, and a
HandleSubdomain test confirms a forged X-Forwarded-Host from an
untrusted peer never reaches token resolution.

Refs: https://linear.app/codercom/issue/PLAT-259
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George K
2026-06-11 10:55:00 -07:00
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@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ Use a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination with automatic certificate managem
- [Apache with Let's Encrypt](../../tutorials/reverse-proxy-apache.md)
- [Caddy reverse proxy](../../tutorials/reverse-proxy-caddy.md)
If your reverse proxy rewrites the request `Host` and forwards the original
host in `X-Forwarded-Host`, configure
[`CODER_PROXY_TRUSTED_ORIGINS`](../../reference/cli/server.md#--proxy-trusted-origins)
to trust that proxy's address. Otherwise Coder will ignore `X-Forwarded-Host`
for subdomain app routing.
### DNS Setup
You'll need to configure DNS to point wildcard subdomains to your Coder server: