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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Description 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.
Title Echo: Rate Limiter Bypass via Spoofed X-Forwarded-For Header in Default Configuration
Weaknesses CWE-290
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-10-28T19:42:05.556Z

Updated: 2026-10-28T19:42:05.556Z

Reserved: 2026-10-28T17:25:37.561Z

Link: CVE-2026-118653

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T20:17:22.400

Modified: 2026-10-28T20:17:22.400

Link: CVE-2026-118653

cve-icon Redhat

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