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Ubuntu Request Tracker Critical SQL Injection XSS Advisory 8506-1

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Calendar Grey July 6, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Request Tracker on Ubuntu vulnerabilities fixed. Update your systems to protect against security issues. Critical threat details included.
Several security issues were fixed in Request Tracker.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Request Tracker.

Software Description:

- request-tracker5: extensible trouble-ticket tracking system

Details:

Aleksander Iwicki discovered that Request Tracker did not properly sanitize

the search "Page" URL parameter. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2026-6841)

It was discovered that Request Tracker did not properly sanitize user-

controlled data written to spreadsheet exports of search results. A remote

attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct a spreadsheet

(CSV/formula) injection attack, causing spreadsheet applications to

interpret crafted values as formulas or macros when the file is opened.

(CVE-2026-41073)

It was discovered that Request Tracker did not properly validate input

incorporated into database queries via the entry_aggregator parameter in

JSON search. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to perform

SQL injection attacks and read ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory SQL Injection critical cross site scripting Ubuntu request-tracker5

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  request-tracker5                5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-apache2                     5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-clients                     5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-mysql                    5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-postgresql               5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-sqlite                   5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-fcgi                        5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-standalone                  5.0.7+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  request-tracker5                5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-apache2                     5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-clients                     5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-mysql                    5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-postgresql               5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-sqlite                   5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-fcgi                        5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-standalone                  5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  request-tracker5                5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-apache2                     5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-clients                     5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-mysql                    5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-postgresql               5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-db-sqlite                   5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-fcgi                        5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  rt5-standalone                  5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart request-tracker5 to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8506-1

CVE-2026-41073, CVE-2026-41075, CVE-2026-41076, CVE-2026-44229,

CVE-2026-44230, CVE-2026-44231, CVE-2026-6841

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8506-1

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security advisory SQL Injection critical cross site scripting Ubuntu request-tracker5

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