Search/CVE-2026-97229
● CVE — Critical

CVE-2026-97229

Vendorgitlab, ruby-langProductgitlab, rubyDiscoveredOct 13, 2026UpdatedNov 2, 2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the GitLab server via a specially crafted regular expression in a CI/CD configuration, due to insufficient regular expression validation.

View graph Watch Export
CVSS v3.1
10 CRITICAL
EPSS
65.2%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Listed
confirmed active exploitation
News coverage
6
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Intelligence Reports1
1 intelligence report available

Curated threat research and citations from CrowdStrike, Mandiant, Microsoft, and other sources — unlock with Premium.

Upgrade to Premium
EPSS Trend
Oct 30, 2026 → Nov 5, 2026
▲ 46.8pp
18.4% → 65.2% over 5 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
14 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Oct 13, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 2, 2026
Oct 29, 2026
thehackernews.com reports: Attacker Tried to Exploit Alpine Linux’s GitLab via CVSS 10.0 Flaw Its Ruby Left Open
Oct 30, 2026
thehackernews.com reports: CISA Adds Actively Exploited GitLab RCE and Cisco Firewall DoS Flaws to KEV
Oct 30, 2026
securityweek.com reports: Max-Severity GitLab Vulnerability Exploited Against Alpine Linux
Oct 30, 2026
bleepingcomputer.com reports: CISA says max severity GitLab flaw now exploited in the wild
Nov 1, 2026
bleepingcomputer.com reports: Alpine Linux rebuilds GitLab after attempted RCE attack
Nov 2, 2026
bleepingcomputer.com reports: Over 1,000 GitLab servers vulnerable to ongoing RCE attacks
Public PoC (8)
github.com/AmpedWasTaken/CVE-2026-97229-GitLab-CI-CD-Regex-Compiler-RCEgithub.com/jburgess-r7/CVE-2026-97229-PoCgithub.com/gandli/cve-2026-97229-labgithub.com/Noshadi-sec/CVE-2026-97229github.com/murat-levi/gitlab-rce-toolkitgithub.com/foxcornlab/gitlab-onigmo-scannergithub.com/emc-kk/cve-2026-97229-labgithub.com/Certbn/CVE-2026-97229-GitLab-CI-CD
Unverified third-party code — review before executing.