Medium severity · published May 22, 2026
CVE-2026-41073
RT: Spreadsheet downloads vulnerable to CSV/formula injection in Microsoft Excel and similar apps
4.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RT
rt · bestpractical
< 5.0.10; >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41073
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41073
github.com
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/releases/tag/rt-5.0.10
github.com
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/releases/tag/rt-6.0.3
github.com
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/security/advisories/GHSA-6x92-7v65-7m3r
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