Description
Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.13 does not properly enforce the DeleteTicket and "custom lifecycle transition" permission, which allows remote authenticated users with the ModifyTicket permission to delete tickets via unspecified vectors.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | request-tracker4 | 4.0.12-2 | — |
| Debian 7 | request-tracker4 | 4.0.7-5+deb7u2 | DSA-2671-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2671-1 request-tracker4 - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- [rt-announce] 20130522 Security vulnerabilities in RT mailing-list
- 93611 vdb-entry
- [rt-announce] 20130522 RT 4.0.13 released mailing-list
- 53522 third-party-advisory