Vulnerability · Published Jul 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-44230RT: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in search results chart

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in rt from bestpractical. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

RT is an open source, enterprise-grade issue and ticket tracking system. Versions 5.0.4 up to (but not including) 5.0.10, and 6.0.0 up to (but not including) 6.0.3 contain a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability where an attacker who can induce an authenticated RT user to visit a crafted URL can execute arbitrary JavaScript in that user's browser session. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.10 and 6.0.3.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:13	request-tracker5	5.0.7+dfsg-4+deb13u3	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44230
Debian:14	request-tracker5	5.0.10+dfsg-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44230
Ubuntu:25.10	request-tracker5	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44230

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
bestpractical	rt	>= 5.0.4, < 5.0.10>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.3

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/security/advisories/GHSA-p724-v26h-32g9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/releases/tag/rt-6.0.3 x_refsource_MISC