CISA KEV 29 Oct 2026: 2 exploited flaws in Cisco and GitLab
2 vulnerabilities
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On 29 October 2026, CISA added 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting Cisco, GitLab to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. If you run any of these products, patch or mitigate now — exploitation is already happening.
KEV deadlines bind US federal agencies only, but a listing means attackers are already using the flaw, so treat it as a patch-now signal. If one of these products in your organisation was compromised, CERT-In's directions of 28 April 2022 require service providers, intermediaries, data centres, companies and government organisations to report specified incidents within 6 hours of noticing them. How to report an incident to CERT-In.
The vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-76418Federal deadline
Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software contains an unchecked return value to NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
GitLab / Community Edition and Enterprise Edition / CWE-190
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition contain a integer overflow or wraparound vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the GitLab server via a specially crafted regular expression in a CI/CD configuration, due to insufficient regular expression validation.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
