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.
CVE-2026-97229
CRITICALPre-NVD 10.010.0Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 10.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-10-13. A secondary CVSS source baseline 10.0; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
10.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.6%CVSS: 10.0Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
Upgrade to versions 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or above (from the CVE record's solution, GitLab Inc.) — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 10.0
- EG Score
- 10.0CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 45EG Risk 45/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity100% × 45%The EG Score, 10.0 of 10.Exploitation0% × 40%No KEV listing, EG-KEV tier or EPSS when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: Upgrade to versions 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or above (from the CVE record's solution, GitLab Inc.). Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.6%
- EPSS %ILE
- 45th
- KEV
- Not listed
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Upgrade to versions 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or above (from the CVE record's solution, GitLab Inc.). Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
October 13, 2026
Last Modified
October 13, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Oct 13, 2026Fix named in the CVE record's solution (GitLab Inc.).
Web page
GitLab Critical Patch Release: 19.4.2, 19.3.5, 19.2.8 | GitLab Docs
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/Web page
Work items · GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/630686Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-97229(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
- 2026-10-13 16:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9hj5-r43h-h3xg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-13 02:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 01:32 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 10.0 CRITICAL
- 2026-10-13 01:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-97229?
CVE-2026-97229 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 13, 2026. 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…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-97229 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-97229 was published on October 13, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 13, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-97229 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-97229 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (45th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-97229?
CVE-2026-97229 has a CVSS base score of 10.0 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-97229?
The CVE record's solution for CVE-2026-97229, written by its CNA GitLab Inc., names the fix: "Upgrade to versions 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or above." The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-97229 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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