CRITICAL · CVSS 10.0
ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
PATCH AVAILABLE
CVE-2026-97229: GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
| Vendor | GitLab |
|---|---|
| Product | Community Edition and Enterprise Edition |
| CVSS score | 10.0 · CVSS 3.1 · CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 65.2% (percentile 99) |
| Actively exploited | Yes, according to CISA KEV |
| Added to CISA KEV | 29 Oct 2026 |
| CISA federal deadline | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Weakness (CWE) | CWE-190 |
| NVD published | 13 Oct 2026 |
| NVD last modified | 2 Nov 2026 |
| NVD status | Analyzed |
Affected versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Gitlab Gitlab | from 19.2.0 before 19.2.8 | 19.2.8 |
| Gitlab Gitlab | from 19.3.0 before 19.3.5 | 19.3.5 |
| Gitlab Gitlab | from 19.4.0 before 19.4.2 | 19.4.2 |
| Gitlab Gitlab | from 19.2.0 before 19.2.8 | 19.2.8 |
| Gitlab Gitlab | from 19.3.0 before 19.3.5 | 19.3.5 |
| Gitlab Gitlab | from 19.4.0 before 19.4.2 | 19.4.2 |
| Ruby-Lang Ruby | from 3.3.0 before 3.3.13 | 3.3.13 |
| Ruby-Lang Ruby | from 3.4.0 before 3.4.12 | 3.4.12 |
| Ruby-Lang Ruby | from 4.0.0 before 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 |
Required action (CISA's text)
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Description (NVD)
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.
Vendor advisories
SOURCES
Other GitLab flaws
- CVE-2026-85706: GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-22175: GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-39935: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-7028: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-22205: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 2 Nov 2026.