CVE-2026-118650

Echo: middleware.Static: `%2F`-encoded path bypasses route/group middleware guarding a statically-served path

Published Oct 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, a globally mounted middleware.Static instance can interpret an encoded request path differently from Echo's router because the router matches the still-encoded path while the static handler uses the decoded URL.Path. The advisory demonstrates an encoded slash resolving to a file under the static root through the global static middleware, but the source is internally inconsistent about whether a route or group guard protects the corresponding literal path in that global-mount configuration. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-375p-5qhx-8wq4 Echo's middleware.Static: `%2F`-encoded path bypasses route/group middleware guarding a statically-served path
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Labstack echo
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Description Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, a globally mounted middleware.Static instance can interpret an encoded request path differently from Echo's router because the router matches the still-encoded path while the static handler uses the decoded URL.Path. The advisory demonstrates an encoded slash resolving to a file under the static root through the global static middleware, but the source is internally inconsistent about whether a route or group guard protects the corresponding literal path in that global-mount configuration. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.
Title Echo: middleware.Static: `%2F`-encoded path bypasses route/group middleware guarding a statically-served path
Weaknesses CWE-177
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 2, 2026, 8:40 PM
Reserved
Oct 28, 2026, 5:25 PM
Status
Undergoing Analysis
Published
Oct 28, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Nov 2, 2026, 9:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 28, 2026, 7:25 PM