Attacker Tried to Exploit Alpine Linux’s GitLab via CVSS 10.0 Flaw Its Ruby Left Open
An attacker tried to exploit a critical GitLab vulnerability on the Alpine Linux project's own GitLab server a week after GitLab released a fix, Alpine Linux said on 28 October. The flaw, CVE-2026-97229 (CVSS score: 10.0), can let an attacker run code on a GitLab server through a crafted regular expression in a CI configuration. Alpine found no evidence that the attack worked but
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Follow @vulnpulse_app| CVE | CVE-2026-97229 |
|---|---|
| Source | The Hacker News |
| Fetched | 10/29/2026, 08:06 PM |
| Data | Markdown JSON |
On 10/29/2026, 06:05 PM, The Hacker News published "Attacker Tried to Exploit Alpine Linux’s GitLab via CVSS 10.0 Flaw Its Ruby Left Open" (type: Security news). Severity is "Critical" (critical). Related technologies: Ruby, GitLab, Linux. CVE: CVE-2026-97229.