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[GHSA] GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq (high) — Echo: Encoded slash (%2F) bypasses route-level protection and exposes static files

medgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-08-25

GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq Severity: high CVE: CVE-2026-55677

Echo: Encoded slash (%2F) bypasses route-level protection and exposes static files

### Summary

Echo's router and static file handler disagree on URL path decoding. The router matches routes using the raw encoded path (preserving `%2F` as-is), while `StaticDirectoryHandler` unescapes `%2F` to `/` before resolving filesystem paths. This allow

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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq