critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-97229GitLab CE/EE — Regular Expression Code Execution

Weak validation of regular expressions in continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) configuration lets an unauthenticated user, under certain conditions, run arbitrary code on a GitLab server. The root flaw is an integer overflow, and versions from 19.2 are affected.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update GitLab CE/EE to 19.2.8, 19.3.5 or 19.4.2 now.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
10.0/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
65.2%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-10-13
Added to KEV
2026-10-29
CISA due date
2026-11-01
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsThe ability to get a crafted regular expression into a pipeline configuration on an affected server, under conditions the sources do not detail.

Fixed inGitLab CE/EE 19.2.8, GitLab CE/EE 19.3.5, GitLab CE/EE 19.4.2

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

History unavailable — this build has no Git history for the card file.