Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-118264

CVE-2026-118264

labstack echo — Echo: Rejected WebSocket upgrades can bypass Echo route-level access controls

Description · from the CVE record

Echo is a Go web framework. From 4.0.0 until 4.16.1 and 5.4.1, Echo's Proxy middleware selects a raw tunnel from a client WebSocket upgrade request before verifying that the configured upstream accepted the upgrade. If the upstream rejects the upgrade with an ordinary keep-alive response, later HTTP requests on the connection are sent directly to that upstream without passing through Echo's router or route-specific middleware. This can bypass authentication or authorization enforced only by Echo routes, but requires an accessible proxy route, a cooperating rejected-upgrade response, and a target without independent upstream authorization. This issue is fixed in 4.16.1 and 5.4.1.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
echo>= 4.0.0, < 4.16.1–CNA
echo>= 5.0.0, < 5.4.1–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

refgithub.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-cxf3-9h37-7rr8refgithub.com/labstack/echo/commit/1855061e572ae9dab727c811d8382f266bfbaaecrefgithub.com/labstack/echo/commit/3fb0ba7e17645bb65611e2a08875d0a2f65c421frefgithub.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v4.16.1refgithub.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v5.4.1