Widely used enterprise SaaS (ServiceNow). Unauthenticated auth bypass lets attackers extract data and escalate privileges across customer instances.
CVE-2026-86860
Unauthenticated auth bypass in ServiceNow AI Platform allowing data exposure and privilege escalation.
Is CVE-2026-86860 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-86860 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2026-86860?
CVE-2026-86860 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-86860?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-86860. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-86860 affect?
CVE-2026-86860 affects ServiceNow AI Platform, ServiceNow hosted instances, ServiceNow self-hosted/on‑prem instances, ServiceNow partners' instances. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-86860?
Apply ServiceNow security update immediately; review access logs and rotate sensitive credentials.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authorization to read/extract instance data and escalate privileges on ServiceNow instances.
Immediate action required
- affected< Yokohama Patch 13 Hot Fix 5a
- affected< Zurich Patch 10 Hot Fix 3b
- affected< Zurich Patch 10 Hot Fix 4a W32
- affected< Zurich Patch 11 Hot Fix 3
- affected< Australia Patch 2 Hot Fix 4b W32
- affected< Australia Patch 4 Hot Fix 3
- affected< Australia Patch 5
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.