Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, Echo's MethodOverride middleware accepts a safe HTTP method as the override target for a POST request. When MethodOverride is registered before CSRF in the post-routing middleware chain, route selection retains the original state-changing POST handler but the override changes the method before CSRF evaluates it, causing both token validation and Sec-Fetch-Site checks to be skipped. A cross-site exploit requires an authenticated victim and an override value that a browser-submitted request can control, such as the form getter used by the advisory reproducer; the default X-HTTP-Method-Override header getter is not settable by a cross-site form. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r7w9-592q-9vg4 Echo has CSRF Protection Bypass via MethodOverride Rewriting POST to Safe Method
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Description Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, Echo's MethodOverride middleware accepts a safe HTTP method as the override target for a POST request. When MethodOverride is registered before CSRF in the post-routing middleware chain, route selection retains the original state-changing POST handler but the override changes the method before CSRF evaluates it, causing both token validation and Sec-Fetch-Site checks to be skipped. A cross-site exploit requires an authenticated victim and an override value that a browser-submitted request can control, such as the form getter used by the advisory reproducer; the default X-HTTP-Method-Override header getter is not settable by a cross-site form. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.
Title Echo: CSRF Protection Bypass via MethodOverride Rewriting POST to Safe Method
Weaknesses CWE-352
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T19:21:47.729Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T20:13:55.314Z

Link: CVE-2026-118266

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T20:17:21.577

Modified: 2026-10-28T20:17:21.577

Link: CVE-2026-118266

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Updated: 2026-10-28T20:45:15Z

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