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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-86860Published 2026-09-24

CVE-2026-86860 — ServiceNow AI Platform

critical (derived)

As of 2026-09-25, CVE-2026-86860 is a Critical-severity (band derived from the CVSS v4.0 score, not stated by the CNA) vulnerability in ServiceNow AI Platform, CVSS v4.0 9.3, EPSS 0.2% (20.7th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-86860, most recently “Critical ServiceNow AI Platform Vulnerabilities: Unauthenticated SQL Injection and Authorization Bypasses (CVE-2026-13016, CVE-2026-86857-86860)”.

CVSS v4.0
9.3/10Critical (derived)
EPSS
0.2%Higher than 20.7% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
5.5/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2026-09-25
CVSS v4.0 9.3 (Critical, derived from score) · EPSS 0.2% (higher than 20.7% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 5.5/10 · Published 2026-09-24

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What is CVE-2026-86860?

ServiceNow has remediated a missing authorization vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI Platform. This vulnerability could enable an unauthenticated user, in certain circumstances, to extract 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 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-2026-86860 under weakness class 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
9.3 — Critical (derived from score)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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 20.7% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
5.5/10 — 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-2026-86860 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 36 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2026-86860

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-86860 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-2026-86860

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-86860, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

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