# CVE-2026-118655: Echo: Static Middleware Double-Unescape Path Traversal

- Also known as: GHSA-XWQ5-6CQP-VX96, EUVD-2026-112461
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.2.0, 4.15.3
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

The Echo Go web framework's static file middleware (middleware.Static) is affected. An attacker can craft a request that bypasses path restrictions and reads files outside the intended directory, including files under a protected route when the middleware is registered globally.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- labstack echo: from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.2.0; fixed in 4.15.3
- github.com/labstack/echo/v5 (Go): fixed in 5.2.0
- github.com/labstack/echo/v4 (Go): fixed in 4.15.3

## Description

Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.15.3 and 5.2.0, middleware.Static can decode an already decoded Request.URL.Path a second time. Double-encoded separators can consequently be reconstructed before filesystem resolution. This can reach a file under a guarded route when the static middleware is registered globally. This issue is fixed in 4.15.3 and 5.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on labstack echo, github.com/labstack/echo/v5, github.com/labstack/echo/v4, upgrade to a fixed version (5.2.0, 4.15.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-xwq5-6cqp-vx96
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/issues/2599
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/3006
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/a9ede66a5a7196411131beb1ee801e75bbaf7ac6
- 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

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