# CVE-2026-8194: osTicket Dispatcher class.dispatcher.php cross-site request forgery

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-05-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- n/a osTicket: 1.18.0, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.18.3

## Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in osTicket up to 1.18.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the file include/class.dispatcher.php of the component Dispatcher. The manipulation of the argument _method leads to cross-site request forgery. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a osTicket, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/362346
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/362346/cti
- https://vuldb.com/submit/802755
- https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/pull/6945
- https://github.com/az10b/security-advisories/blob/main/csrf_bypass_osTicket.md
- https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/

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