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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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000
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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 | |
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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
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-28T20:17:22.400
Modified: 2026-10-28T20:17:22.400
Link: CVE-2026-118653
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