Medium 5.4Published Jul 20, 2026

CVE-2026-44229RT: Cross-Site Scripting via inline-served uploaded content

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 2:40 AM ET)

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RT is an open source, enterprise-grade issue and ticket tracking system. Versions 5.0.0 and 6.0.0 and above, prior to both 5.0.10 and 6.0.3 contain a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability where uploaded content is served inline rather than as an attachment. An authenticated user who can upload content can include JavaScript in the upload that will execute in the browser session of any RT user who later views or downloads it. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.10 and 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; from 5.0.0, < 5.0.10	CNA record
bestpractical request_tracker bestpractical:request_tracker	from 5.0.0 before 5.0.10; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.3	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/security/advisories/GHSA-x576-pvwp-c2qv	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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