CVE-2026-44231
Authenticated non-admin can obtain other users' credentials via RT REST API feeds.
Is CVE-2026-44231 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-44231 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-44231?
CVE-2026-44231 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.1. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-44231?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-44231. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-44231 affect?
CVE-2026-44231 affects Request Tracker (RT) < 5.0.10, Request Tracker (RT) 6.0.0 - 6.0.2. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-44231?
Upgrade to RT 5.0.10 or 6.0.3 ASAP; restrict REST API access and rotate credentials.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated non-admin can retrieve other users' auth credentials (including admins) and read data as them via REST API feeds, enabling privilege escalation and data theft.
Immediate action required
- affected< 5.0.10
- affected>= 6.0.0 and < 6.0.3
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.