CSV injection in bestpractical Request Tracker
Priority LOW 13CWE-1236Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.9, 5.0.9, and 6.0.2 allows CSV Injection via ticket values when TSV export is used.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00222 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Request Tracker (bestpractical): 4.4.9, 5.0.9, 6.0.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bestpractical | Request Tracker | before 4.4.9; 5.0 to before 5.0.9; 6.0 to before 6.0.2 | 4.4.9, 5.0.9, 6.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Request Tracker Vendorbestpractical Affected before 4.4.9; 5.0 to before 5.0.9; 6.0 to before 6.0.2 Fixed in 4.4.9, 5.0.9, 6.0.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Request Tracker (bestpractical) Fixed in 4.4.9, 5.0.9, 6.0.2
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61873
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3rc2-78m3-cqmh
References
More bestpractical vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03862 The dashboard subscription interface in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-21864 Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.7 and 5.x before 5.0.5 allows Information… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-09372 Best Practical RT for Incident Response (RTIR) before 4.0.3 and 5.x before 5.0.3 allows SSRF via Scripted Action tools. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-09371 Best Practical RT for Incident Response (RTIR) before 4.0.3 and 5.x before 5.0.3 allows SSRF via the whois lookup tool. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-29713 RT: SQL injection via entry_aggregator parameter in JSON search CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-24078 Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) 5 before 5.0.5 allows Information Disclosure via a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-61873 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-61873 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3rc2-78m3-cqmh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-61873 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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