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CVE-2019-17640

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 15, 2020 at 08:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVert.x

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In Eclipse Vert.x 3.4.x up to 3.9.4, 4.0.0.milestone1, 4.0.0.milestone2, 4.0.0.milestone3, 4.0.0.milestone4, 4.0.0.milestone5, 4.0.0.Beta1, 4.0.0.Beta2, and 4.0.0.Beta3, StaticHandler doesn't correctly processes back slashes on Windows Operating systems, allowing, escape the webroot folder to the current working directory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567416
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r591f6932560c8c46cee87415afed92924a982189fea7f7c9096f8e33%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8383b5e7344a8b872e430ad72241b84b83e9701d275c602cfe34a941%40%3Ccommits.servicecomb.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8d863b148efe778ce5f8f961d0cafeda399e681d3f0656233b4c5511%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd0ebf8387cfd0b959d1e218797e709793cce51a5ea2f84d0976f47d%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-23CWE-22

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