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CVE-2023-24815
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-02-09T18:15:10.463 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:39:55.083

Summary

Vert.x-Web is a set of building blocks for building web applications in the java programming language. When running vertx web applications that serve files using `StaticHandler` on Windows Operating Systems and Windows File Systems, if the mount point is a wildcard (`*`) then an attacker can exfiltrate any class path resource. When computing the relative path to locate the resource, in case of wildcards, the code: `return "/" + rest;` from `Utils.java` returns the user input (without validation) as the segment to lookup. Even though checks are performed to avoid escaping the sandbox, given that the input was not sanitized `\` are not properly handled and an attacker can build a path that is valid within the classpath. This issue only affects users deploying in windows environments and upgr

Affected products

eclipse — vert.x-web

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References

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