CVE-2026-118657

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CVE-2026-118657

Summary: Echo: HTTPS Redirect and HSTS Bypass via Unconditional Trust of Forwarded Scheme Headers

Details: 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.

References: https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v4.16.0, https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v5.4.0, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/118xxx/CVE-2026-118657.json, https://github.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-2ffq-g2xg-c22p, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118657, https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/b838391e2eade87ae7e5a09d7bb5087bec271ec1, https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/fc410094b2f3415cf2bf5204082137b205bfd5af