CVE-2026-97229

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-97229?

Upgrade gitlab to 19.3.5 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-97229 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2026-97229 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2026-11-01. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-97229?

CVE-2026-97229 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-97229 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for gitlab (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 98th pctl

10.0

CVSS v3

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.

CWE-190Integer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

gitlabNVD

Affected:>= 19.3.0, < 19.3.5Fixed in:19.3.5CVE-2026-97229derived from NVD

Affected:>= 19.4.0, < 19.4.2Fixed in:19.4.2CVE-2026-97229derived from NVD

Affected:>= 19.2.0, < 19.2.8Fixed in:19.2.8CVE-2026-97229derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

26.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Remediation due: 2026-11-01

References

Vendor Advisory1

docs.gitlab.com

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Other references5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	91%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-97229?

Upgrade gitlab to 19.3.5 or later.

Is CVE-2026-97229 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2026-97229 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2026-11-01. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

How severe is CVE-2026-97229?

CVE-2026-97229 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-97229 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for gitlab (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-10-31.