Tag: rce attack

Alpine Linux Rebuilds GitLab After RCE Attack Attempt

The Alpine Linux team took a cautious approach after a potential code execution attack on their GitLab instance, rebuilding it from scratch to ensure safety. This drastic measure was prompted by a severe vulnerability, CVE-2026-97229, that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution if exploited through a specially crafted regular expression in a CI/CD pipeline configuration.