CVE-2026-118653: Echo: Rate Limiter Bypass via Spoofed X-Forwarded-For Header in Default Configuration
labstack · echo
Affected: labstack echo · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 36% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- labstack · echo>= 4.0.0, < 5.1.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- labstack
- Published
- October 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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