{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97229",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2026-97229",
  "published": "2026-10-13T02:17:00.840Z",
  "modified": "2026-10-30T10:36:26.950Z",
  "score": 10,
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "gitlab.com",
  "epss": 0.18427,
  "epss_percentile": 0.97229,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2026-10-29",
    "due": "2026-11-01",
    "action": "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.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability",
    "notes": "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"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "GitLab"
  ],
  "products": [
    "GitLab"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-190"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Secondary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 10,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
      "tags": [
        "Release Notes",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/630686",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/4055749",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/4058589",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-97229",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97229",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}