Medium 5.4Published Jul 20, 2026

CVE-2026-44228RT: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via insufficient template escaping

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:20 AM ET)

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RT is an open source, enterprise-grade issue and ticket tracking system. Versions 6.0.0 and above, prior to 6.0.3, contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, where user-controlled data is rendered without proper HTML escaping. An authenticated user with permission to set the relevant data can inject JavaScript that executes when another RT user views the affected page. This issue has been fixed in version 6.0.3.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

bestpractical rt bestpractical:rt (from the name)	from 6.0.0, < 6.0.3	CNA record
bestpractical request_tracker bestpractical:request_tracker	from 6.0.0 before 6.0.3	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/security/advisories/GHSA-pfgp-5j8g-phgc	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/releases/tag/rt-6.0.3	x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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