What is CVE-2026-13016?
ServiceNow has remediated a SQL injection vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI Platform. This vulnerability could enable an unauthenticated user, in certain circumstances, to execute arbitrary SQL statements against the instance's underlying database and gain access to, or modify, instance data beyond what was intended. ServiceNow deployed a security update to hosted instances and ServiceNow provided the update to our partners and self-hosted customers. We are not currently aware of malicious exploitation against ServiceNow instances. We recommend customers promptly apply appropriate updates or upgrade to a patched release if they have not already done so.
The record classifies CVE-2026-13016 under weakness class CWE-89. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 11 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v4.0 base score
- 9.3 — Critical (derived from score)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.6% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 5.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-24, last modified 2026-09-25
Is CVE-2026-13016 being exploited?
No public exploitation evidence for CVE-2026-13016 is recorded in the sources Threadlinqs tracks — CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, public proof-of-concept repositories and ProjectDiscovery Nuclei — as of 2026-09-25. That is an absence of evidence in those feeds, not a guarantee that the vulnerability is unexploited.
Affected products and versions
- ServiceNow: AI Platform
How to fix CVE-2026-13016
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-13016 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-13016
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-13016, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.