GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-f48p-c9v4-h7xv Echo: BodyDump captures request and response bodies without size limits in v4
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-118260
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/labstack/echo/v4
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-23
Affected packages
• Go github.com/labstack/echo/v4: >= 4.0.0, < 4.16.1 → fixed in 4.16.1
Description
Impact
Echo v4's opt-in BodyDump middleware read complete request bodies into memory and retained complete response bodies without a capture limit. A client able to submit large requests to a route using BodyDump could cause large allocations before the application handler ran. Large responses, including responses whose size can be influenced by a client, also caused an additional unbounded capture allocation.
Repeated or concurrent requests can exhaust process memory and cause denial of service. BodyDump is not enabled by default. Deployments with effective request limits may reduce the request-side exposure; response capture requires separate consideration.
Affected versions and patch
Echo v4 versions through v4.16.0 are affected. Upgrade to v4.16.1.
The patch adds `BodyDumpConfig.MaxRequestBytes` and `MaxResponseBytes`, each defaulting to 5 MiB when zero. A value of `-1` explicitly restores unlimited capture. The complete request remains readable by the handler and the complete response is delivered to the client; only the callback's captured data is bounded. Request close behavior and read errors are preserved.
Fix commit.
Workarounds
Disable BodyDump on exposed routes, particularly large uploads and downloads. Alternatively, enforce body-size limits before BodyDump and independently bound the responses that the application generates.
Credits
Reported by @q490107865. The patch also incorporates request-body preservation work from @jakezwang in #3105.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-118260 Echo is a Go web framework. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/security/advisories/GHSA-f48p-c9v4-h7xv web
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/3105 web
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/commit/3fb0ba7e17645bb65611e2a08875d0a2f65c421f web
- https://github.com/labstack/echo package
- https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v4.16.1 web