GitLab warns of max severity code execution vulnerability
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GitLab warns of max severity code execution vulnerability By Sergiu Gatlan October 12, 2026 09:09 AM 0 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 an integer overflow weakness