Ghostwire

CVE-2026-97229: 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...

CRITICAL CVSS 10.0 Exploit Available 1 PoC

Published: October 13, 2026 | Last Modified: October 13, 2026

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.

Ghostwire Analysis — What This Means Practically

Critical CVSS score indicates maximum severity — remote code execution, authentication bypass, or complete system compromise is likely possible.
1 proof-of-concept exploit available on GitHub. Public exploit code lowers the barrier for both researchers and attackers.

This analysis is generated by Ghostwire from NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS, and open-source intelligence data. Verify findings through primary sources before acting.

Proof-of-Concept Exploits (1)

AmpedWasTaken/CVE-2026-97229-GitLab-CI-CD-Regex-Compiler-RCE

CVE-2026-97229: 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...

Description

Ghostwire Analysis — What This Means Practically

Proof-of-Concept Exploits (1)

Security Coverage (2 articles)

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