Description
Ech0 before 5.0.1 does not impose any size or shape limit on the Accept-Language header processed by its i18n middleware, which runs on every HTTP request. The header is passed unfiltered to go-i18n's NewLocalizer, which internally calls golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage. The CVE-2022-32149 mitigation in x/text caps '-' characters but not '_' characters, which the parser aliases to '-', allowing quadratic-time parsing to be triggered with a large header (up to Go's default 1 MiB) built from underscore separators. An unauthenticated attacker can send such requests to consume roughly 1.5 seconds of CPU each, and concurrent requests can saturate a multi-core server (denial of service).
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Ech0 before 5.0.1 does not impose any size or shape limit on the Accept-Language header processed by its i18n middleware, which runs on every HTTP request. The header is passed unfiltered to go-i18n's NewLocalizer, which internally calls golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage. The CVE-2022-32149 mitigation in x/text caps '-' characters but not '_' characters, which the parser aliases to '-', allowing quadratic-time parsing to be triggered with a large header (up to Go's default 1 MiB) built from underscore separators. An unauthenticated attacker can send such requests to consume roughly 1.5 seconds of CPU each, and concurrent requests can saturate a multi-core server (denial of service).
Title Ech0 before 5.0.1 Denial of Service via Accept-Language
First Time appeared Ech0
Ech0 ech0
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ech0:ech0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ech0
Ech0 ech0
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T11:33:23.319Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T11:09:11.171Z

Link: CVE-2026-79658

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T12:16:29.123

Modified: 2026-08-25T12:16:29.123

Link: CVE-2026-79658

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T12:30:17Z

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