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

An attacker attempted to exploit a critical vulnerability in the Alpine Linux project's GitLab server. The vulnerability, which has a CVSS score of 10.0, can allow an attacker to run code on a GitLab server using a crafted regular expression in a CI configuration. The attack occurred a week after a fix for the flaw was released. Alpine Linux found no evidence that the exploit was successful. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-97229. The attack was detected on October 28.