CVE-2024-4879
Servicenow utah … washington_dc
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2024-4879 is a critical-severity Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input (CWE-1287) vulnerability in Servicenow Servicenow. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 0.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
ServiceNow addressed an input validation vulnerability affecting the Vancouver and Washington DC releases of its Now Platform. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-4879 and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.3, reflecting its potential for remote code execution.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the weakness over the network to execute arbitrary code within the Now Platform context, without requiring user interaction or elevated privileges. The vulnerability is assigned CWE-1287 and related NVD entries.
ServiceNow has applied fixes to hosted instances and released corresponding patches and hot fixes for self-hosted customers and partners. The vendor strongly recommends immediate application of the updates referenced in KB1644293 and KB1645154.
Public reporting indicates the issues are under active exploitation, and the CVE maintains a high EPSS score with a recorded peak of 0.9656.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-44451
Vulnerability Data
ServiceNow has addressed an input validation vulnerability that was identified in Vancouver and Washington DC Now Platform releases. This vulnerability could enable an unauthenticated user to remotely execute code within the context of the Now Platform. ServiceNow applied an update…
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to hosted instances, and ServiceNow released the update to our partners and self-hosted customers. Listed below are the patches and hot fixes that address the vulnerability. If you have not done so already, we recommend applying security patches relevant to your instance as soon as possible.
- CWE(s)
- KEV Date Added
- 29 July 2024
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-10 directly requires validation of information inputs, which structurally prevents type-validation failures from being introduced or exploitable.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require proper input type validation during development.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect type-validation flaws but does not prevent them during development.
Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and type checking to prevent improper type handling.
Application security requirements explicitly include validation of input data types and formats.
Secure architecture principles promote defensive input handling and type enforcement at system boundaries.
Secure coding standards directly require proper type validation of all external inputs.