Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated Like Endpoint Metric Inflation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Ech0 (lin-snow) Fixed in 4.7.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
lin-snow Ech0 4.7.3
7 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 5 HIGH, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-55162 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Access Token Revocation BypassPriority HIGH 74
- TI-2026-55160 Ech0 before 4.7.3 OAuth Redirect URI Validation BypassPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-55159 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated fav_count ModificationPriority HIGH 70
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79668
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7v7f-8gw6-2q2x
References
More lin-snow vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-55162 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Access Token Revocation Bypass CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-55163 Ech0 before 4.5.1 Authorization Bypass via Session Tokens CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-55160 Ech0 before 4.7.3 OAuth Redirect URI Validation Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27239 Ech0 Affected by Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery in Website Preview Feature CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-27240 Ech0 affected by unauthenticated SSRF in GetWebsiteTitle allows access to internal services and cloud metadata CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-55159 Ech0 before 4.7.3 Unauthenticated fav_count Modification CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-79668 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-79668 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7v7f-8gw6-2q2x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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