Answer in brief
CVE-2026-118653 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Echo: Rate Limiter Bypass via Spoofed X-Forwarded-For Header in Default Configuration. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps labstack/echo (generic), github.com/labstack/echo/v4 (go), github.com/labstack/echo/v5 (go). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps labstack/echo (generic), github.com/labstack/echo/v4 (go), github.com/labstack/echo/v5 (go). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| labstack/echogeneric | >=4.0.0 <5.1.0 | 5.1.0 |
| github.com/labstack/echo/v4go | >=4.0.0,<=4.16.2 | Not reported |
| github.com/labstack/echo/v5go | <5.1.0 | 5.1.0 |
Published upstream
Oct 28, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 28, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 28, 2026
Echo is a Go web framework. From 4.0.0 until 5.1.0, Context.RealIP falls back to client-supplied X-Forwarded-For or X-Real-IP values when Echo.IPExtractor is unset, and the default RateLimiter uses that result as its client identifier. A remote attacker can rotate arbitrary forwarded-address values to obtain new rate-limit buckets and bypass IP-based throttling used for controls such as brute-force or request-volume protection. This issue is fixed in Echo v5.1.0.
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