What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-11965
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-10-22 · updated 2026-10-08
- Weakness: CWE-552
Description
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.21] and [5.0.0, 5.0.4], a StaticHandler configuration for restricting access to hidden files fails to restrict access to hidden directories, allowing unauthorized users to retrieve files within them (e.g. '.git/config').
Affected products
- Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Vert.x: from 4.0.0 before 4.5.22; from 5.0.0 before 5.0.5 — fixed in 4.5.22, 5.0.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Vert.x 4.5.22, 5.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
Get alerted when CVE-2025-11965 or the next vulnerability affects your stack