October 29, 2026 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2026-97229 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2026-10-29- Federal due date
2026-11-01- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
- EPSS
- 99.3th percentile (score 0.652, as of
2026-11-06) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 10 (CRITICAL)
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97229
CISA short 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.
Required 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.
NVD 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.