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Three CVSS 10.0 ServiceNow Flaws Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and SQL

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ServiceNow patched four AI Platform flaws, including three pre-authentication CVSS 10.0 issues enabling unauthenticated code execution, SQL injection, and privilege escalation.

ServiceNow released patches on August 27, 2026 for four AI Platform flaws: CVE-2026-18885 (code injection in the GraphQL Composite Data API), CVE-2026-18886 (improper access control enabling privilege escalation), and CVE-2026-74820 (SQL injection), all self-rated CVSS 10.0 and exploitable without authentication, plus CVE-2026-6876, an 8.7 sandbox escape. Updates were deployed to hosted instances, but self-hosted customers must patch affected Xanadu, Yokohama, Zurich, and Australia release lines themselves. ServiceNow says it is not aware of exploitation of the new flaws, and no public exploit code existed as of August 28, 2026; separately, Defused reported in-the-wild exploitation of the earlier CVE-2026-6875 (CVSS 9.5), later noting the captured payload matched Searchlight Cyber's PoC.

Key facts
  • Three flaws rated CVSS 10.0 need no privileges or user interaction, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
  • Updates shipped to hosted instances; self-hosted customers must patch Xanadu, Yokohama, Zurich, and Australia release lines.
  • Defused reported in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2026-6875; the captured payload matched Searchlight Cyber's PoC.
  • No public exploit code for the three 10.0 flaws as of August 28, 2026.
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2026-18885
+3 related CVEs
Unauthenticated Code Injection in ServiceNow AI Platform (CVSS 10.0)
10.0<1%
CVE-2026-6875
Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in ServiceNow AI Platform
9.51%PoC

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 Swati Khandelwal  Aug 28, 2026 Vulnerability / Cloud Security ServiceNow has released patches for four security flaws impacting the ServiceNow AI Platform, three of them rated 10. 0 on the CVSS scoring system and exploitable, in certain circumstances, by an unauthenticated attacker.

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