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

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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

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
echolabstack
  • >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.0Affected
  • < 4.16.0Affected

References

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