CVE-2026-41073 (GCVE-0-2026-41073)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 21:10 – Updated: 2026-05-23 02:57
VLAI
Title
RT: Spreadsheet downloads vulnerable to CSV/formula injection in Microsoft Excel and similar apps
Summary
RT is an open source, enterprise-grade issue and ticket tracking system. Versions prior to 5.0.10 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.2 contain a spreadsheet (CSV/formula) injection vulnerability. User-controlled data in spreadsheet exports is not sanitized before being written to the output file, which can cause spreadsheet applications to interpret crafted values as formulas or macros when the file is opened. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.10 and 6.0.3. If developers are unable to upgrade immediately, they can temporarily work around this issue by avoiding opening exported RT spreadsheet files directly in spreadsheet applications when the data may contain untrusted user input.
Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-1236 - Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bestpractical rt Affected: < 5.0.10
Affected: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.3
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