CRITICAL
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
Published Oct 15, 2020
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.00%
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
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- Version 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.Beta3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Vert.x | n/a |
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OR
- ≥ 3.4.0 · ≤ 3.9.4
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.00% 0.02002
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02002
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02002) | 80.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01977) | 77.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01690) | 80.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.27% (0.03266) | 78.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 77.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 76.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 74.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00509) | 73.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 67.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01543) | 33.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | 1.10% (0.01105) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.88% (0.00884) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (15)
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567416 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjw7-6gfq-6wf5 Advisory
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/commit/b12f7c4c6576a8adc3f683b2899de4b0e7d099e4
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r591f6932560c8c46cee87415afed92924a982189fea7f7c9096f8e33%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r591f6932560c8c46cee87415afed92924a982189fea7f7c9096f8e33@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8383b5e7344a8b872e430ad72241b84b83e9701d275c602cfe34a941%40%3Ccommits.servicecomb.apache.org%3E x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8383b5e7344a8b872e430ad72241b84b83e9701d275c602cfe34a941@%3Ccommits.servicecomb.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8d863b148efe778ce5f8f961d0cafeda399e681d3f0656233b4c5511%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8d863b148efe778ce5f8f961d0cafeda399e681d3f0656233b4c5511@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd0ebf8387cfd0b959d1e218797e709793cce51a5ea2f84d0976f47d%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd0ebf8387cfd0b959d1e218797e709793cce51a5ea2f84d0976f47d@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.vertx/vertx-web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17640
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner eclipse
Published Oct 15, 2020
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Oct 16, 2019
Link CVE-2019-17640
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-VJW7-6GFQ-6WF5 Updated n/a