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Now Assist for Vulnerability Response (USEM): Recommend Solutions Skill Returns 0 VITs Processed

New article articles in ServiceNow Community · Aug 25, 2026 · article

When running the Recommend Solutions skill on Remediation Task (VUL) records, the job sometimes returns 0 VITs processed and 0 solutions found , even though the remediation task contains multiple Vulnerable Items (VITs).

 

The Problem: The skill failed to process any VITs because the VITs or their associated vulnerabilities do not meet the required prerequisites.

 

Key Symptom: You click "Recommend Solutions" on a Remediation Task, but the solution job shows:

  • VITs Processed: 0
  • Solutions Found: 0

 

Root Cause

The Recommend Solutions skill has strict prerequisites for processing Vulnerable Items. A VIT is not processed if it fails to meet any of these conditions:

  1. VIT State – Must be in one of these states:
    • Open
    • Under Investigation
    • Awaiting Implementation
    • In Review

  Will NOT be processed if: Deferred, Closed, or any other state.
2. CI and Vulnerability Fields – Both must be populated:
- Configuration Item (CI) field must have a value
- Vulnerability field must have a value

  1. Associated Vulnerability Must Have a Solution.  The vulnerability (CVE, QID) linked to the VIT must have:
    • At least one solution populated
    • That solution marked as "highest supersedence" (true)
    • Visible in the Solutions related list on the Vulnerability record

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If even one VIT in the Remediation Task meets all three conditions, it will be processed. If none do, the result is 0 VITs processed and no solutions found.

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