CVE-2026-44231

RT is an open source, enterprise-grade issue and ticket tracking system. Versions prior to 5.0.10, 6.0.0 and above, prior to 6.0.3 contain an information disclosure and privilege escalation vulnerability in the REST 2.0 API. A privileged (non-administrative) user can obtain authentication credentials belonging to other users — including users with administrative privileges — and use those credentials to read data as those users via RT's feed endpoints. The same request that exposes the credentials also rotates them, invalidating previously-distributed feed URLs across the instance. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.10 and 6.0.3.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 5.3

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/releases/tag/rt-6.0.3	Release Notes
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/security/advisories/GHSA-7rx2-x357-wv74	Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker::::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-07-20 20:16

Updated : 2026-08-07 13:25

NVD link : CVE-2026-44231

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44231

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44231

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Products Affected

bestpractical

request_tracker

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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