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CISA reports active exploitation of a max-severity GitLab flaw

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The short version

  • CISA says a max-severity GitLab flaw is now exploited in the wild.
  • The flaw was patched earlier this month.
  • The feed summary gives no details on the attack or affected versions.

What happened

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says attackers have started exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability. According to BleepingComputer, the flaw was patched earlier in October 2026.

Why it might matter

Self-hosted GitLab instances that have not applied the patch may be exposed to active attacks. Source code and CI pipelines often hold credentials.

What we don’t know yet

The feed summary does not name the CVE, the affected versions, the attack method, or how many servers are exposed or compromised.