7.5

CVE-2023-41259: bestpractical request_tracker

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-41259DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41259
Published 03-11-2023Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-41259 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in bestpractical request_tracker. EPSS estimates a 0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.88%
0%100%
Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2
DLA-3642-1DSA-5541-1DSA-5542-1USN-6529-1USN-7692-1

Timeline

  1. 03-11-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.7 and 5.x before 5.0.5 allows Information Disclosure via fake or spoofed RT email headers in an email message or a mail-gateway REST API call.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.17 pp

From 0.72% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.88%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • request-tracker4< 4.4.6+dfsg-1.1+deb12u1
  • request-tracker5< 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u2 | < 5.0.5+dfsg-1
Ubuntu2 products
  • request-tracker4All versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.4.3-2+deb10u3build0.20.04.1 | < 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.04.1
  • request-tracker5< 5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1
Bestpractical1 product

3 vendors · 5 products

References

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