# CVE-2026-79668: Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated Like Endpoint Metric Inflation

- Also known as: GHSA-RGJ7-VG8V-J4WR, GO-2026-5623
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.7.3, 1.4.8-0.20260503040728-a7e8b8e84bd1
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- lin-snow Ech0: fixed in 4.7.3
- github.com/lin-snow/ech0 (Go): fixed in 1.4.8-0.20260503040728-a7e8b8e84bd1

## Description

Ech0 before 4.7.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the PUT /api/echo/like/:id endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to increment engagement metrics without identity verification or rate limiting. Attackers can send repeated requests to arbitrarily inflate the fav_count field for any known echo identifier, compromising the integrity of engagement metrics and social ranking systems.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lin-snow Ech0, github.com/lin-snow/ech0, upgrade to a fixed version (4.7.3, 1.4.8-0.20260503040728-a7e8b8e84bd1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/lin-snow/Ech0/security/advisories/GHSA-rgj7-vg8v-j4wr
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ech0-before-unauthenticated-like-endpoint-metric-inflation

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