What is CVE-2026-44227?

CVE-2026-44227 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bestpractical Request Tracker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-44227?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Bestpractical Request Tracker

CVE-2026-44227

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 reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker who can induce an authenticated RT user to visit a crafted URL can execute arbitrary JavaScript in that user's browser session. There are no effective workarounds. Avoid following untrusted RT URLs. This issue has been fixed in version 6.0.3.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Bestpractical Request_tracker
Bestpractical Rt — versions >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44227?: CVE-2026-44227 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bestpractical Request Tracker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-44227?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.