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Echo: BodyDump captures request and response bodies without size limits in v4 in github.com/labstack/echo

Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 4.16.1
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.16.1.

Published
Last modified
10/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The Echo web framework for Go (github.com/labstack/echo) has a flaw in its BodyDump middleware, which captures request and response bodies without any size limit. The available details do not describe how an attacker would reach it or what they could gain from it.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

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Echo: BodyDump captures request and response bodies without size limits in v4 in github.com/labstack/echo

cve.now Index

10Pcve.now Index 10 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure?/25Unknown. No advisory context yet
  • Reach10/20Affects Go packages
  • Severity?/10Unknown. No CVSS score or vendor rating
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 65 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 60 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 32 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.16.1.

Timeline

  1. Advisory published
  2. Record last updated
  3. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • github.com/labstack/echo/v4Go

    From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.16.1

Evidence 4

  1. Advisory
  2. Patch
  3. Patch
  4. Repository

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about GO-2026-6840

Is GO-2026-6840 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by GO-2026-6840?

github.com/labstack/echo/v4 (Go): from 4.0.0 before 4.16.1.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix GO-2026-6840?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.16.1.Source: cve.now feed data