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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2019-17640 EUVD-2022-1208GHSA-vjw7-6gfq-6wf5

Path Traversal in Eclipse Vert

Published Oct 15, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by eclipse

Vendor: The Eclipse Foundation Product: Eclipse Vert.x Package: io.vertx:vertx-web Ecosystem: Maven

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The Eclipse Foundation 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, 4.0.0.Beta3 —

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven io.vertx:vertx-web >= 3.0.0, < 3.9.4 3.9.4 GHSA-vjw7-6gfq-6wf5

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