Threats / ServiceNow / CVE-2024-5217
CVE-2024-5217
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
ServiceNow Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC Now Platform vulnerability
ServiceNow Now Platform releases contain incomplete input validation in GlideExpression script, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated attacker can bypass input restrictions in GlideExpression to execute arbitrary code on affected ServiceNow instances. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and poses critical risk to organizations running vulnerable platform versions.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
106 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-07-29).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99628 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: ServiceNow, Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC Now Platform. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-184 Incomplete Blocklist.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
WeaknessCWE-184 · Incomplete Blocklist
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify that GlideExpression filtering is incomplete and craft a payload bypassing the disallowed input list.
Business
Attackers gain unauthenticated code execution capability against ServiceNow deployments without requiring valid credentials.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute arbitrary code within the ServiceNow platform context to establish persistence or pivot to backend systems.
Business
Operational continuity is compromised as attackers can modify configurations, access sensitive data, or disrupt critical business processes.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I exfiltrate sensitive information or deploy additional payloads across the organization's ServiceNow infrastructure.
Business
Data breach and compliance violations occur, with potential exposure of customer records, intellectual property, and confidential business information.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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