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GitLab 19.2 < 19.2.8 / 19.3 < 19.3.5 / 19.4 < 19.4.2 (CVE-2026-97229)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 366188
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Synopsis
The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.Description
The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:- 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)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to GitLab version 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or later.See Also
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/630686
https://hackerone.com/reports/4055749
https://hackerone.com/reports/4058589
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 366188
File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-97229.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: Combined
Agent: unix
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 10/15/2026
Updated: 11/5/2026
Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.3
Percentile: 99.83
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-97229
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 9.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab
Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/1/2026
Exploitable With
Metasploit (GitLab CI/CD RegExp Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-97229
IAVA: 2026-A-1121