CVE-2026-97229
CISA says max severity GitLab flaw now exploited in the wild
Attackers have started exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability patched earlier this month, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Tracked as CVE-2026-97229, this critical security flaw was discovered by a security researcher using the ‘joaxcar‘ handle in the CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler, which parses, compiles, and evaluates regular expressions in pipeline configuration […]
GitLab warns of max severity code execution vulnerability
GitLab warned users today to immediately patch a maximum-severity vulnerability in the CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler that could let remote attackers run arbitrary code on targeted instances. Tracked as CVE-2026-97229, this critical security flaw was discovered by a security researcher using the ‘joaxcar‘ handle and reported via GitLab’s HackerOne bug bounty program. CVE-2026-97229 stems from […]