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CVE-2026-118650: Echo: middleware.Static: `%2F`-encoded path bypasses route/group middleware guarding a statically-served path

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-28 · updated 2026-10-29
• Weakness: CWE-177

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.

Affected products

• labstack echo: from 5.0.0, < 5.4.0; before 4.16.0

References

• 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
• https://github.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-375p-5qhx-8wq4

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