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+{
+    "CVE_data_meta": {
+        "ASSIGNER": "security@eclipse.org",
+        "ID": "CVE-2019-17640",
+        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
+    },
+    "affects": {
+        "vendor": {
+            "vendor_data": [
+                {
+                    "vendor_name": "The Eclipse Foundation",
+                    "product": {
+                        "product_data": [
+                            {
+                                "product_name": "Eclipse Vert.x",
+                                "version": {
+                                    "version_data": [
+                                        {
+                                            "version_value": "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.Beta3"
+                                        }
+                                    ]
+                                }
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "data_format": "MITRE",
+    "data_type": "CVE",
+    "data_version": "4.0",
+    "description": {
+        "description_data": [
+            {
+                "lang": "eng",
+                "value": "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."
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "problemtype": {
+        "problemtype_data": [
+            {
+                "description": [
+                    {
+                        "lang": "eng",
+                        "value": "CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "references": {
+        "reference_data": [
+            {
+                "name": "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567416",
+                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
+                "url": "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567416"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}