diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/proxy/DotDotSemicolonSegmentTest.java b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/proxy/DotDotSemicolonSegmentTest.java
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+package io.quarkus.vertx.http.proxy;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+
+import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.StringAsset;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+
+/**
+ * Make sure that `/..;/` appended to a path is not resolved to `/`, as this
+ * would allow to escape the allowed context when passing through proxies
+ * (httpd does not recognize it as a double-dot segment and lets the request
+ * through without sanitizing the path).
+ */
+public class DotDotSemicolonSegmentTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest().withApplicationRoot(jar -> {
+        jar.addAsResource(new StringAsset("Hello"), "META-INF/resources/index.html");
+    });
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPathIsNotResolved() {
+        given()
+                .get("/index.html")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200);
+        given()
+                .get("/something/../index.html")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200);
+        given()
+                .get("/something/..;/index.html")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(404);
+    }
+
+}