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Active exploitation observed Confirmed confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2026-6875

Sandbox Escape in ServiceNow AI Platform

ServiceNow / ServiceNow AI Platform · affected before Australia Patch 2

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Severity
CVSS 9.5 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Observed in sensors
EPSS
26.7%
First observed
27 Jul 2026
Last observed
13 Aug 2026

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2026-6875 is an unauthenticated Sandbox Escape in ServiceNow AI Platform. ServiceNow has addressed a remote code execution vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI platform. This vulnerability could...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence sensors observed exploitation attempts with confirmed confidence.

Who is affected?

ServiceNow / ServiceNow AI Platform affected before australia patch 2.

What should we do?

Patch immediately, validate internet-facing exposure, and monitor for matching requests.

Overview

ServiceNow has addressed a remote code execution vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI platform

ServiceNow has addressed a remote code execution vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI platform. This vulnerability could enable an unauthenticated user, in certain circumstances, to execute code within the ServiceNow platform.

ServiceNow addressed this vulnerability by deploying a security update to hosted instances. Relevant security updates have also been provided to ServiceNow self-hosted customers and partners.

Further, the vulnerability is addressed in the listed patches and family releases, which have been made available to hosted and self-hosted customers, as well as partners. 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.

Vendor Product Affected Status
ServiceNow ServiceNow AI Platform Before Australia Patch 2 Affected
ServiceNow ServiceNow AI Platform Before Yokohama Patch 12 Hot Fix 1b Affected
ServiceNow ServiceNow AI Platform Before Yokohama Patch 13 Affected
ServiceNow ServiceNow AI Platform Before Zurich Patch 7b Affected
ServiceNow ServiceNow AI Platform Before Zurich Patch 9 Affected
ServiceNow ServiceNow AI Platform Before Brazil EA Affected
ServiceNow ServiceNow AI Platform Before Brazil GA Affected
Published
13 Jul 2026
Exploitation Reported
18 Jul 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

nuclei_scanner

CVE References

  • CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6875
  • support.servicenow.com/kb support.servicenow.com · CVE Record https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=...

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.

Exploited in the wild

Defused Cyber

Recorded 18 Jul 2026

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Active exploitation observed

KEV Intelligence sensor

First observed 27 Jul 2026

First-party sensor telemetry confirms matching exploitation attempts.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 21 Jul 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
Defused Cyber First 2026-07-18 10:55 UTC
Daily CyberSecurity 2026-07-18 11:02 UTC
BleepingComputer 2026-07-20 09:29 UTC
TheHackerNews 2026-07-21 06:29 UTC
KEV Intelligence 2026-07-27 17:40 UTC

Operational indicators for this CVE are listed under Detection.

Sensor telemetry

First-party evidence of exploitation activity

Aggregate observations show the scale, recency, and distribution of activity without overstating sparse data.

14

Attempts observed

7

Unique attacker IPs

6

Attacker countries

DE · HK · IN · IR · JP · SE

1

Sensors observed

Exploitation attempts over the last 25 days

Daily events observed by KEV Intelligence sensors

Updated 19 Aug 2026

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26 Jul 31 Jul 5 Aug 10 Aug 19 Aug

First observed 27 Jul 2026 · Last observed 13 Aug 2026

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Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
2
User-Agents
9

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Virtual patch status

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Attacker IP Indicators

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-6875.yaml 23 Jul 2026

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

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

EPSS

26.7%

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE-94

Recent mention · TheHackerNews

Critical ServiceNow AI Platform Flaw Exploited for Unauthenticated Code Execution

Threat actors are now exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting ServiceNow AI Platform, according to Defused Cyber. In a post shared on X, the threat intelligence firm said it's observing in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2026-6875 (CVSS score: 9.5), a...

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Recent mention · TheHackerNews

Critical ServiceNow AI Platform Flaw Exploited for Unauthenticated Code Execution

TheHackerNews · 21 Jul 2026

Threat actors are now exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting ServiceNow AI Platform, according to Defused Cyber. In a post shared on X, the threat intelligence firm said it's observing in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2026-6875 (CVSS score: 9.5), a sandbox escape vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated user to run arbitrary code. Patches for the flaw were

Recent mention · BleepingComputer

Critical ServiceNow code execution flaw now exploited in attacks

BleepingComputer · 20 Jul 2026

Attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-6875) in the ServiceNow AI Platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. [...]

Recent mention · Daily CyberSecurity

Active Exploitation and Public PoC Disclosed for CVE-2026-6875 ServiceNow Sandbox Escape Remote Code Execution

Daily CyberSecurity · 18 Jul 2026

TL;DR A critical flaw in the ServiceNow AI platform allows unauthenticated users to run arbitrary commands. DefusedCyber flagged The post Active Exploitation and Public PoC Disclosed for CVE-2026-6875 ServiceNow Sandbox Escape Remote Code Execution appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

ServiceNow AI Platform - Pre-Auth JavaScript Sandbox Escape RCE

nuclei · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Observed by KEV Intelligence sensors

    Evidence-backed exploitation signal

  2. Indicators of compromise added (7)

    Indicators of compromise recorded

  3. Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  4. Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  5. KEV confirmed by TheHackerNews

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  6. KEV confirmed by BleepingComputer

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  7. KEV confirmed by Daily CyberSecurity

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  8. Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  9. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  10. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-6875",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.5,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.26734,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": true
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 14, "sensors": 1 }
}

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