CVE-2026-118656

Echo: Open Redirect via Control-Character Prefix Defeating sanitizeURI

Published Oct 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, sanitizeURI checks only the first two bytes of a redirect target before deciding whether it begins with an absolute-path separator pair. When AddTrailingSlash or RemoveTrailingSlash is configured with a redirect status, a slash, TAB, separator path form can evade the guard, be emitted in the Location header, and be normalized by a browser into an attacker-controlled host. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v753-g4cw-jm48 Echo has Open Redirect via Control-Character Prefix Defeating sanitizeURI
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, sanitizeURI checks only the first two bytes of a redirect target before deciding whether it begins with an absolute-path separator pair. When AddTrailingSlash or RemoveTrailingSlash is configured with a redirect status, a slash, TAB, separator path form can evade the guard, be emitted in the Location header, and be normalized by a browser into an attacker-controlled host. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.
Title Echo: Open Redirect via Control-Character Prefix Defeating sanitizeURI
Weaknesses CWE-601
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 29, 2026, 5:23 PM
Reserved
Oct 28, 2026, 5:25 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 28, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Oct 29, 2026, 6:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 28, 2026, 8:12 PM