CVE-2026-97229
Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitLab
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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Key data
CVSS 3.1 Critical 10.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Changed
The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Changed | The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.65220 (65.2% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.3%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name in the catalog
- GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
- Added to the catalog
- Oct 29, 2026
- Federal due date
- Nov 1, 2026
CISA assessment as of Oct 13, 2026
- Exploitation
- Recorded by CISA as active
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Affected products
GitLab
- affected: 19.2 up to before 19.2.8
- affected: 19.3 up to before 19.3.5
- affected: 19.4 up to before 19.4.2
References
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/630686
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #4055749 (hackerone.com)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #4058589 (hackerone.com)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-…
- github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/22017
- ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/10/23/regexp-fixes-for-gitlab-cv…
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Record published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Record last updated
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