Update module github.com/labstack/echo/v4 to v4.15.3 [SECURITY]

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Package	Change	Age	Confidence
github.com/labstack/echo/v4	v4.15.0 → v4.15.3

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Echo: Encoded slash (%2F) bypasses route-level protection and exposes static files

CVE-2026-55677 / GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq

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Details

Summary

Echo's router and static file handler disagree on URL path decoding. The router matches routes using the raw encoded path (preserving %2F as-is), while StaticDirectoryHandler unescapes %2F to / before resolving filesystem paths. This allows an attacker to bypass route-level access controls and read static files without authorization.

Details

Root cause 1 — router.go lines 798-802:
The router uses req.URL.RawPath for route matching when useEscapedPathForRouting is false (the default). This means /admin%2Fsecret.txt is treated as a single path segment and does NOT match the /admin/* route pattern.

if !r.useEscapedPathForRouting && req.URL.RawPath != "" {
    path = req.URL.RawPath
}

Root cause 2 — echo.go lines 559-568:
StaticDirectoryHandler calls url.PathUnescape() on the path parameter before opening files. This converts %2F back to /, resolving admin/secret.txt on disk.

if !disablePathUnescaping {
    tmpPath, err := url.PathUnescape(p)
    p = tmpPath
}
name := filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(strings.TrimPrefix(p, "/")))

PoC (Screenshot)

Sample:

403:

Bypass with encoded slash:

Impact

Unauthorized static file disclosure. Applications that protect route prefixes with authentication middleware while also serving static files from a broader root are vulnerable. An attacker only needs to encode the slash (/ → %2F) in the URL to bypass all route-level protection.

Common affected pattern:

adminGroup := e.Group("/admin", authMiddleware)
e.StaticFS("/", os.DirFS("public"))

Severity

• CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
• Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

• https://github.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55677
• https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/3009
• https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/3011
• https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/8d1ae9d3360a71672418856d58753af25f2c3986
• https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/c3fa2a27ff92b2b8db360de614f999ef1da24725
• https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v4.15.3
• https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v5.2.0
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).

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Release Notes

labstack/echo (github.com/labstack/echo/v4)

v4.15.3: - Static encoded-separator route bypass fix (GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq)

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Security

• fix(static): reject encoded path separators that bypass route-level middleware by @​vishr in #​3011

Fixes GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq: an encoded path separator (%2F or %5C) in a static file URL could bypass route-level middleware (e.g. authentication on a sibling route) and disclose static files. Both StaticDirectoryHandler (used by Static/StaticFS) and the Static middleware are affected. Backport of the v5 fix (#​3009, released in v5.2.0). Thanks to @​a-tt-om and @​oran-gugu for reporting.

Full Changelog: labstack/echo@v4.15.2...v4.15.3

v4.15.2: - Context.Scheme() header validation

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Security

• Context.Scheme() should validate values taken from header by @​aldas in #​2962

Thanks to @​shblue21 for reporting this issue.

Full Changelog: labstack/echo@v4.15.1...v4.15.2

v4.15.1

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What's Changed

• CSRF: support older token-based CSRF protection handler that want to render token into template by @​aldas in #​2905

Full Changelog: labstack/echo@v4.15.0...v4.15.1

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Details:

Package	Change
github.com/labstack/gommon	v0.4.2 -> v0.5.0
github.com/mattn/go-isatty	v0.0.20 -> v0.0.22
golang.org/x/crypto	v0.48.0 -> v0.50.0
golang.org/x/net	v0.50.0 -> v0.53.0
golang.org/x/sys	v0.41.0 -> v0.43.0
golang.org/x/text	v0.34.0 -> v0.36.0
golang.org/x/time	v0.14.0 -> v0.15.0

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