# CVE-2022-43684: ACL bypass in Reporting functionality

> An authenticated user can bypass ACLs to read sensitive information from tables lacking proper authorization controls in ServiceNow.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-438x-9g8x-78p5

## What is CVE-2022-43684?

CVE-2022-43684 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in ServiceNow Now Platform, published on 13 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ServiceNow has released patches and an upgrade that address an Access Control List (ACL) bypass issue in ServiceNow Core functionality.

Additional Details

This issue is present in the following supported ServiceNow releases: 

  *  Quebec prior to Patch 10 Hot Fix 8b
  *  Rome prior to Patch 10 Hot Fix 1
  *  San Diego prior to Patch 7
  *  Tokyo prior to Tokyo Patch 1; and 
  *  Utah prior to Utah General Availability 

If this ACL bypass issue were to be successfully exploited, it potentially could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information from tables missing authorization controls.

Weakness: CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43684?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Servicenow Servicenow.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43684?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43684 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43684 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43684 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ServiceNow Now Platform

- [CVE-2024-4879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4879/): ServiceNow Improper Input Validation (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-5217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5217/): ServiceNow Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs (critical 9.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-8923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8923/): Sandbox Escape in Now Platform (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2018-7748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7748/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-8924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8924/): Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection in Core Platform (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43684 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43684 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in ServiceNow Now Platform, published on 13 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43684 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ServiceNow Now Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43684/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43684/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43684
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43684
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43684

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43684/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.