CVE-2026-118657
Echo: HTTPS Redirect and HSTS Bypass via Unconditional Trust of Forwarded Scheme Headers
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.9 Medium
- Published
- Oct 28, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 28, 2026
Description
Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, Context.Scheme unconditionally trusts forwarded scheme headers from any client. A client that reaches Echo directly over plaintext HTTP can claim an HTTPS scheme and bypass HTTPSRedirect because the request is treated as already secure. Separately, behind a TLS-terminating proxy that passes an attacker-controlled header, a claimed HTTP scheme can suppress the Strict-Transport-Security header even though the browser receives the response over HTTPS. The practical risk is reduced when a trusted proxy overwrites the headers and direct backend access is prevented, but the framework previously had no trusted-source configuration for this decision. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-346 Origin Validation Error
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
echolabstack |
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References
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-2ffq-g2xg-c22p
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/b838391e2eade87ae7e5a09d7bb5087bec271ec1
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/fc410094b2f3415cf2bf5204082137b205bfd5af
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v4.16.0
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v5.4.0
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