In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the StaticHandler uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a…

Description

In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the StaticHandler uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '\' (forward slashes) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory when running on Windows Operating Systems.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• The Eclipse Foundation · Eclipse Vert.x

  • affected 3.0 – < unspecified
  • affected unspecified – ≤ 3.5.3

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenio.vertx:vertx-webGHSA-h39x-m55c-v55h (opens in a new tab)

References (3)

• [pulsar-commits] 20201215 [GitHub] [pulsar] yanshuchong opened a new issue #8967: CVSS issue list (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1025 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539171 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-h39x-m55c-v55h (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 08:38 UTC.