CVE-2019-17640
Path Traversal in Eclipse Vert
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-17640
To remediate CVE-2019-17640, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.9.4 or later
Is CVE-2019-17640 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.9.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |