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Attacker Tried to Exploit Alpine Linux’s GitLab via CVSS 10.0 Flaw Its Ruby Left Open

The Hacker News·October 29, 2026·1 min read
Attacker Tried to Exploit Alpine Linux’s GitLab via CVSS 10.0 Flaw Its Ruby Left Open

Alpine Linux reported that an attacker tried to exploit a critical GitLab vulnerability (CVE-2026-97229, CVSS 10.0) on its GitLab server a week after GitLab released a fix. The flaw allows code execution via a crafted regular expression in CI configuration. Alpine found no evidence the attack succeeded.

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