How severe is CVE-2024-5217?

CVE-2024-5217 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 99.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2024-5217: Incomplete Input Validation in GlideExpression

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

ServiceNow Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2024-07-29

Remediation due

2024-08-19

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1648313; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5217

Description

ServiceNow has addressed an input validation vulnerability that was identified in the Washington DC, Vancouver, and earlier Now Platform releases. This vulnerability could enable an unauthenticated user to remotely execute code within the context of the Now Platform. The vulnerability is addressed in the listed patches and hot fixes below, which were released during the June 2024 patching cycle. If you have not done so already, we recommend applying security patches relevant to your instance as soon as possible.

Severity

CVSS 4.0 · CNA9.2 CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1 · CNA9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
ServiceNow	Now Platform	0 to <Utah Patch 10 Hot Fix 3 0 to <Utah Patch 10a Hot Fix 2 0 to <Utah Patch 10b Hot Fix 1 0 to <Vancouver Patch 6 Hot Fix 2 0 to <Vancouver Patch 7 Hot Fix 3b 0 to <Vancouver Patch 8 Hot Fix 4 0 to <Vancouver Patch 9 Hot Fix 1 0 to <Vancouver Patch 10 0 to <Washington DC Patch 1 Hot Fix 3b 0 to <Washington DC Patch 2 Hot Fix 2 0 to <Washington DC Patch 3 Hot Fix 2 0 to <Washington DC Patch 4 0 to <Washington DC Patch 5

References

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Other references

Record Details

Published

2024-07-10

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

Credited to

Adam Kues; Assetnote Attack Surface Management

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