CVE-2026-97229
CRITICAL CISA KEV 5 PoCs
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Priority: 1.84
BB Relevance:
94/100
Published: 2026-10-13
Modified: 2026-10-29
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
Integ. Impact
Scope Change
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Changed
C:
High
I:
High
A:
High
Description
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition contain a integer overflow or wraparound vulnerability that could allow 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.
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Vendor / Product
GitLab — Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
Date Added
2026-10-29
Remediation Due
2026-11-01
Other products can potentially be affected by the same underlying Ruby/Onigmo Integer Overflow issue in CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler. For more information please see: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/10/23/regexp-fixes-for-gitlab-cves ; https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97229
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (8)
References & Advisories (5)
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