Information Exposure Affecting request-tracker5 package, versions <5.0.3+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.84% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-REQUESTTRACKER5-21884797
  • published30 Oct 2026
  • disclosed18 Oct 2021

Introduced: 18 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-38562  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest request-tracker5 to version 5.0.3+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream request-tracker5 package and not the request-tracker5 package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) 4.2 before 4.2.17, 4.4 before 4.4.5, and 5.0 before 5.0.2 allows sensitive information disclosure via a timing attack against lib/RT/REST2/Middleware/Auth.pm.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1