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.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-cxf3-9h37-7rr8 | Echo: Rejected WebSocket upgrades can bypass Echo route-level access controls |
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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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Labstack
Labstack echo |
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Labstack
Labstack echo |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Echo: Rejected WebSocket upgrades can bypass Echo route-level access controls | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-444 CWE-863 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-28T19:03:01.533Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T20:13:55.314Z
Link: CVE-2026-118264
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-28T19:17:31.237
Modified: 2026-10-28T19:17:31.237
Link: CVE-2026-118264
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-28T21:00:23Z
Github GHSA