# CVE-2026-86857 — ServiceNow AI Platform

> As of 2026-09-25, CVE-2026-86857 is a High-severity (band derived from the CVSS v4.0 score, not stated by the CNA) vulnerability in ServiceNow AI Platform, CVSS v4.0 8.4, EPSS 0.2% (14.2th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-86857, most recently “Critical ServiceNow AI Platform Vulnerabilities: Unauthenticated SQL Injection and Authorization Bypasses (CVE-2026-13016, CVE-2026-86857-86860)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-09-25

## What is CVE-2026-86857?

ServiceNow has remediated an authorization bypass security issue that was identified in the ServiceNow AI Platform. This security issue, if exploited, could enable an authenticated user to access data within the ServiceNow AI Platform that the user otherwise would not be entitled to access, potentially enabling further unintended access. ServiceNow deployed an 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-2026-86857 under weakness class [CWE-862](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-862). 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 29 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 8.4 — High (derived from score) (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.2% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.8/10 — 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-2026-86857 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 35 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [ServiceNow](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/servicenow): AI Platform

## How to fix CVE-2026-86857

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-86857 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-2026-86857

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-86857, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Critical ServiceNow AI Platform Vulnerabilities: Unauthenticated SQL Injection and Authorization Bypasses (CVE-2026-13016, CVE-2026-86857-86860)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2653) — CRITICAL · 2026-09-25

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [support.servicenow.com](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB3159623)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-86857
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-86857 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp