GitLab Flaw Exploited At Record Pace

To nobody's surprise, threat actors wasted zero seconds exploiting CVE-2026-19478 in GitLab immediately following its disclosure. Anyone managing public repositories and user data on the platform is on the hook as attackers merrily modify or wipe out projects without needing to authenticate. Preventing your entire code repository from vanishing into thin air means fixing this critical vulnerability before the internet discovers it, but naturally, the attackers beat everyone to the punch.