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CVE-2024-5217 ServiceNow CVE debrief

CVE-2024-5217 is a ServiceNow Now Platform issue affecting Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC releases and described as an incomplete list of disallowed inputs vulnerability. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-07-29, which makes it a high-priority defensive item for organizations running the affected platform versions.

Vendor
ServiceNow
Product
Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC Now Platform
CVSS
CRITICAL 9.2
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2024-07-29
Original CVE updated
2024-07-29
Advisory published
2024-07-29
Advisory updated
2024-07-29

Who should care

ServiceNow customers and administrators responsible for Utah, Vancouver, or Washington DC Now Platform deployments should treat this as urgent, especially if the platform is Internet-accessible or supports sensitive business workflows. Security teams should prioritize it because CISA lists it in KEV and sets a remediation due date of 2024-08-19.

Technical summary

The published record identifies the flaw as an incomplete list of disallowed inputs vulnerability in the ServiceNow Now Platform. The supplied corpus does not include a CVSS score or a detailed exploit narrative, but the KEV listing indicates known exploitation risk. Based on the source material, the affected product scope is ServiceNow Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC Now Platform.

Defensive priority

Critical. The KEV designation and remediation due date indicate this should be addressed immediately, using vendor guidance or compensating controls if patching is not immediately possible.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Review the ServiceNow security guidance referenced by CISA, including the vendor KB article cited in the source notes (KB1648313).
  • Apply vendor-recommended mitigations or updates as soon as they are available for the affected Now Platform releases.
  • If mitigations are unavailable, follow CISA guidance to discontinue use of the product until a safe remediation path exists.
  • Prioritize Internet-facing and high-trust ServiceNow instances first, then verify all deployed Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC environments.
  • Validate remediation by confirming the affected version is no longer exposed and that any vendor guidance has been fully implemented.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the supplied CISA KEV source item and official identifiers only. The source metadata states vendorProject=ServiceNow, product=Utah, Vancouver, and Washington DC Now Platform, vulnerabilityName=ServiceNow Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Vulnerability, dateAdded=2024-07-29, dueDate=2024-08-19, and requiredAction=Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA source notes reference ServiceNow KB1648313 and the NVD entry for CVE-2024-5217. No CVSS score or vendor advisory text was supplied in the corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2024-5217 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5217

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2024-5217 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5217

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.