CVE-2026-97229
This CVE is being exploited. Apply the vendor fix, or take the service off the internet until you can, then check your logs for attempts.
What it is
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.
Live exploitation on the huntback network (30 days)
Detection
Evidence
Confirmed exploited. Our decoys saw 10 exploitation attempts in the last 14 days; CISA added it to KEV 14 days ago.
Last attempt. 10 attempts on our decoys, 10 in the last 14 days
First exploitation attempt on our decoys
CISA Adds Actively Exploited GitLab RCE and Cisco Firewall DoS Flaws to KEV
Reported exploited in the wild: CISA ADP SSVC decision: Exploitation active
Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Attacker Tried to Exploit Alpine Linux’s GitLab via CVSS 10.0 Flaw Its Ruby Left Open
Published
6 public proof-of-concept repos
3 public detection scripts (scanner or checker), no exploit code
Exploit code published (Metasploit)
Nuclei detection template available
Observed: our own decoys saw it. Reported: CISA, the vendor or another named source says so. Weaponised: public exploit code or a scanner template exists. Methodology
Questions
Is CVE-2026-97229 being exploited in the wild?
Yes. The huntback decoy network captured 10 exploitation attempts from 5 distinct source IPs; the most recent was on 2026-11-11. It is also in the CISA KEV catalogue.
Can CVE-2026-97229 be detected on the network?
Yes. huntback carries a network signature for CVE-2026-97229, so attempts against a decoy are tagged in real time.
How huntback helps
Deploy a decoy that emulates Gitlab and you will see every attempt at this CVE the moment it lands, with the full payload, the attacker's infrastructure, and any stage-2 loader. Then huntback can scan the attacker back.
Related
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This record, with its evidence timeline, as JSON:
curl -H "X-API-Key: $HUNTBACK_KEY" https://app.huntback.io/api/v1/evidence/CVE-2026-97229