What is CVE-2026-18886?
ServiceNow has remediated an improper access control vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI platform. This vulnerability could enable an unauthenticated user, in certain circumstances, to create or modify instance data beyond what was intended, resulting in privilege escalation. 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 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-2026-18886 under weakness class CWE-284. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 57 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v4.0 base score
- 10 — Critical (derived from score)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 8.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-08-27, last modified 2026-09-02
Is CVE-2026-18886 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 47 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- ServiceNow: AI Platform
How to fix CVE-2026-18886
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-18886 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-2026-18886
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-18886, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .