Vulnerability report

Active exploitation observed Confirmed confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2026-6875

Sandbox Escape in ServiceNow AI Platform

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
1.4%
First observed
27 Jul 2026
Last observed
07 Oct 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. Previdian sensors observed exploitation attempts with confirmed confidence. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

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.

ServiceNow Affected
ServiceNow AI Platform
Before Australia Patch 2 Before Yokohama Patch 12 Hot Fix 1b Before Yokohama Patch 13 Before Zurich Patch 7b Before Zurich Patch 9 Before Brazil EA Before Brazil GA
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 Previdian 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

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Active exploitation observed

Previdian sensor

First observed 27 Jul 2026

Previdian first observed exploitation attempts targeting this vulnerability in our honeypot sensors.

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
The Hacker News 2026-07-21 06:29 UTC
Previdian Sensors 2026-07-27 17:40 UTC

Operational indicators for this CVE are listed under Detection.

Sensor telemetry

First-party evidence of exploitation activity

Previdian sensors recorded exploitation attempts targeting this vulnerability. The cards and chart show volume, unique attackers, and daily activity.

33

Attempts observed

21

Unique attacker IPs

13

Attacker countries

CA · CH · DE · FR · HK · IN · IR · JP · RO · SA · SE · TW · US

1

Sensors observed

CVE-2026-6875 exploitation attempts over the last 84 days

Daily events observed by Previdian sensors

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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First observed 27 Jul 2026 · Last observed 07 Oct 2026

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Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
1
5
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Virtual patch status

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Attacker IP Indicators

Attacker IP indicators observed · available in Pro and Enterprise.

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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

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

1.4%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

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

Recent mention · The Hacker News

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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All Mentions

Recent mention · The Hacker News

Critical ServiceNow AI Platform Flaw Exploited for Unauthenticated Code Execution

The Hacker News · 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. 17:37 UTC

    Indicators of compromise added (21)

    Indicators of compromise recorded

  2. 17:37 UTC

    Observed by Previdian sensors

    Evidence-backed exploitation signal

  3. 04:31 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  4. 04:31 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  5. 06:29 UTC

    KEV confirmed by The Hacker News

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  6. 09:29 UTC

    KEV confirmed by BleepingComputer

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  7. 11:02 UTC

    KEV confirmed by Daily CyberSecurity

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  8. 10:55 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  9. 18:17 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  10. 18:21 UTC

    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": 0.01426,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": true
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 33, "sensors": 1 }
}