# CVE-2026-118656: Echo: Open Redirect via Control-Character Prefix Defeating sanitizeURI

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112463, GHSA-V753-G4CW-JM48
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.0, 4.16.0
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

Echo, a Go web framework, is affected by an open redirect flaw in its trailing-slash middleware. Attackers could craft URLs that send users' browsers to an external, attacker-controlled website, which could be used for phishing or similar abuse.

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

## Affected

- labstack echo: from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.4.0; fixed in 4.16.0
- github.com/labstack/echo/v5 (Go): fixed in 5.4.0
- github.com/labstack/echo/v4 (Go): fixed in 4.16.0

## Description

Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, sanitizeURI checks only the first two bytes of a redirect target before deciding whether it begins with an absolute-path separator pair. When AddTrailingSlash or RemoveTrailingSlash is configured with a redirect status, a slash, TAB, separator path form can evade the guard, be emitted in the Location header, and be normalized by a browser into an attacker-controlled host. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.

## 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 (5.4.0, 4.16.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-v753-g4cw-jm48
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/b838391e2eade87ae7e5a09d7bb5087bec271ec1
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/fc410094b2f3415cf2bf5204082137b205bfd5af
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v4.16.0
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v5.4.0

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