Echo: middleware.Static: `%2F`-encoded path bypasses route/group middleware guarding a statically-served path
Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, a globally mounted middleware.Static instance can interpret an encoded request path differently from Echo's router because the router matches the still-encoded path while the static handler uses the decoded URL.Path. The advisory demonstrates an encoded slash resolving to a file under the static root through the global static middleware, but the source is internally inconsistent about whether a route or group guard protects the corresponding literal path in that global-mount configuration. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.
- Products
- echo
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-118650
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 06:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Echo: middleware.Static: `%2F`-encoded path bypasses route/group middleware guarding a statically-served path
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 28 Oct 2026, 19:25 UTC
Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, a globally mounted middleware.Static instance can interpret an encoded request path differently from Echo's router because the router matches the still-encoded path while the static handler uses the decoded URL.Path. The advisory demonstrates an encoded slash resolving to a file under the static root through the global static middleware, but the source is internally inconsistent about whether a route or group guard protects the corresponding literal path in that global-mount configuration. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.
cve:CVE-2026-118650
echo
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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