fix(coderd): prevent user-admin from resetting owner password (#25709) (#26178)

jdomeracki-coder · f0ssel · web-flow · commit f15a934eec83 · 2026-06-11T14:38:26.000-04:00
Backport of #25709 to `release/2.34`. Cherry-picked with `git cherry-pick -x` (`76bf462bbf`); the commit body references the original PR. _Generated by Coder Agents on behalf of @jdomeracki-coder._ Co-authored-by: Garrett Delfosse <garrett@coder.com>
diff --git a/coderd/users.go b/coderd/users.go
@@ -1596,6 +1596,24 @@ func (api *API) putUserPassword(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Only owners can change the password of another owner.
+	if apiKey.UserID != user.ID && slices.Contains(user.RBACRoles, rbac.RoleOwner().String()) {
+		actingUser, err := api.Database.GetUserByID(ctx, apiKey.UserID)
+		if err != nil {
+			httpapi.Write(ctx, rw, http.StatusInternalServerError, codersdk.Response{
+				Message: "Internal error fetching acting user.",
+				Detail:  err.Error(),
+			})
+			return
+		}
+		if !slices.Contains(actingUser.RBACRoles, rbac.RoleOwner().String()) {
+			httpapi.Write(ctx, rw, http.StatusBadRequest, codersdk.Response{
+				Message: "Only owners can change the password of an owner.",
+			})
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	if !httpapi.Read(ctx, rw, r, &params) {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/coderd/users_test.go b/coderd/users_test.go
@@ -1571,6 +1571,57 @@ func TestUpdateUserPassword(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, http.StatusNotFound, cerr.StatusCode())
 	})
 
+	t.Run("UserAdminCannotResetOwnerPassword", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		client := coderdtest.New(t, nil)
+		owner := coderdtest.CreateFirstUser(t, client)
+		userAdmin, _ := coderdtest.CreateAnotherUser(t, client, owner.OrganizationID, rbac.RoleUserAdmin())
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), testutil.WaitLong)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		err := userAdmin.UpdateUserPassword(ctx, owner.UserID.String(), codersdk.UpdateUserPasswordRequest{
+			Password: "SomeNewStrongPassword!",
+		})
+		require.Error(t, err, "user-admin should not be able to reset owner password")
+		var apiErr *codersdk.Error
+		require.ErrorAs(t, err, &apiErr)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, apiErr.StatusCode())
+		require.Contains(t, apiErr.Message, "Only owners can change the password of an owner")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("OwnerCanResetOwnerPassword", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		client := coderdtest.New(t, nil)
+		owner := coderdtest.CreateFirstUser(t, client)
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), testutil.WaitLong)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		anotherOwner, err := client.CreateUserWithOrgs(ctx, codersdk.CreateUserRequestWithOrgs{
+			Email:           "another-owner@coder.com",
+			Username:        "another-owner",
+			Password:        "SomeStrongPassword!",
+			OrganizationIDs: []uuid.UUID{owner.OrganizationID},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = client.UpdateUserRoles(ctx, anotherOwner.ID.String(), codersdk.UpdateRoles{
+			Roles: []string{rbac.RoleOwner().String()},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		err = client.UpdateUserPassword(ctx, anotherOwner.ID.String(), codersdk.UpdateUserPasswordRequest{
+			Password: "SomeNewStrongPassword!",
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err, "owner should be able to reset another owner's password")
+
+		_, err = client.LoginWithPassword(ctx, codersdk.LoginWithPasswordRequest{
+			Email:    "another-owner@coder.com",
+			Password: "SomeNewStrongPassword!",
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err, "other owner should login with the new password")
+	})
+
 	t.Run("PasswordsMustDiffer", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
