CVE-2024-5217 — ServiceNow Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Vulnerability
Overview
ServiceNow Washington DC, Vancouver, and earlier Now Platform releases contain an incomplete list of disallowed inputs vulnerability in the GlideExpression script. An unauthenticated user could exploit this vulnerability to execute code remotely.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-5217
- Vulnerability
- ServiceNow Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Vulnerability
- Vendor
- ServiceNow
- Affected products
- ServiceNow: Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC Now Platform
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2024-07-29
Remediation guidance
CVE-2024-5217 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for ServiceNow the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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