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CVE-2026-97229

CVE-2026-97229CRITICAL

GitLab GitLab — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitLab

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  C  H  H  H   10.0   .0055   44.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  GitLab   19.2 –    —

TIMELINE
  Sep 24  Reserved by GitLab
  Oct 13  Published (CNA: GitLab)
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-97229 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-190 · CNA: GitLab · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
September 24, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitLab
October 13, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitLab)
October 14, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-97229 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
GitLab	GitLab	—	19.2	—

Weaknesses

CWE-190

References (4)

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/630686 [Issue Tracking]
https://hackerone.com/reports/4055749 [Permissions Required]
https://hackerone.com/reports/4058589 [Permissions Required]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-97229 at cve.org

Vendors: gitlab

Weaknesses: CWE-190

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