Path Traversal Vulnerability in Eclipse Vert.x StaticHandler

CVE-2018-12542 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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