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title: "CVE-2026-97229: GitLab CE/EE - Remote Code Execution"
description: "GitLab CE/EE >= 19.2 < 19.2.8, >= 19.3 < 19.3.5, and >= 19.4 < 19.4.2 contain a remote code execution caused by insufficient regular expression validation in CI/CD configuration, letting unauthenticated users execute arbitrary code remotely, exploit requires crafted regex in CI/CD config."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-97229/
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# CVE-2026-97229 GitLab CE/EE - Remote Code Execution

GitLab CE/EE >= 19.2 < 19.2.8, >= 19.3 < 19.3.5, and >= 19.4 < 19.4.2 contain a remote code execution caused by insufficient regular expression validation in CI/CD configuration, letting unauthenticated users execute arbitrary code remotely, exploit requires crafted regex in CI/CD config.

CVSS base score 10.0 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.56% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97229)

## Details

Type

Remote Code Execution

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

13 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-190](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to GitLab CE/EE 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97229](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97229)
- [https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/](https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/630686](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/630686)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/4055749](https://hackerone.com/reports/4055749)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/4058589](https://hackerone.com/reports/4058589)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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