
Over 1,000 GitLab servers vulnerable to ongoing RCE attacks
CISA added CVE-2026-97229 to KEV catalog; over 1,000 unpatched GitLab instances exposed to exploitation.
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CISA added CVE-2026-97229 to KEV catalog; over 1,000 unpatched GitLab instances exposed to exploitation.

Coordinated attack on 61 repositories used command injection in GitHub Actions to steal CI/CD secrets; 83 malicious issues and PRs identified.

The integer overflow allows unauthenticated code execution through a crafted CI/CD regular expression; fixes are 19.4.2, 19.3.5, and 19.2.8.

Unauthenticated attackers can run code via a crafted CI/CD regex; federal remediation is due November 1.
Radware counted 83 payloads, mostly within 43 minutes on September 1, aimed at stealing CI secrets; code changes remain unconfirmed.
A crafted regular expression in CI/CD configuration can run arbitrary code; the federal due date is November 1, 2026.
Alpine found no proof of code execution or package tampering, but reset every password and replaced GitLab secret keys.
An October 28 oss-security note links the Jenkins advisory but gives no flaw, version or fix details.

Oversized wrappers and a native addon hid one CI-publisher payload while an npm worm stole tokens and spread through Actions.

Old actions/checkout SHA pins and triggers such as issue_comment can still run fork code with secrets.

It argues one exposed secret can recur across laptops, pipelines, chat, Git history, and agent context.

October payloads mine full Git history for cloud and AI keys and post them over HTTP to 193.32.204.199.
Rapid7 shows a reliable RCE proof of concept for GitLab's CVSS 10 regex flaw CVE-2026-97229.

A public PoC shows critical GitLab CVE-2026-97229 can run commands after a project push.

GhostAction compromised about 1,900 GitHub accounts and pushed malicious workflows to steal CI secrets from tens of thousands of repositories.

Rapid7 reproduced unauthenticated GitLab RCE CVE-2026-97229 (CVSS 10) and urges immediate patching.

GitLab patched CVE-2026-97229, a CVSS 10.0 unauthenticated RCE in self-managed servers.

GitLab patched CVE-2026-97229, a CVSS 10.0 bug letting unauthenticated users run code on CE and EE servers.

GitLab patched CVE-2026-97229, an unauthenticated CVSS 10.0 flaw enabling arbitrary code execution on servers.

GitLab patches critical CVE-2026-97229 (CVSS 10.0) allowing unauthenticated RCE via CI/CD regex compiler, plus 23 other security issues in CE/EE versions.

GhostAction hit 346 GitHub repositories, including Uber's, with malicious Actions workflows that stole CI secrets.

Canada's Cyber Centre urges TeamCity admins to patch JetBrains flaws fixed in 2026.1.3 and 2026.2.1.

Microsoft attributes an Azure DevOps intrusion to Storm-3068, who abused password resets to hijack accounts and steal Kubernetes kubeconfig files via malicious pipelines.
Researchers propose TAIP to continuously recompute assurance for LLM repository auditors used as CI merge gates.
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