Enable the hardened java security manager

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title: Enable the hardened java security manager
description: The glide.security.manager property contains the Java classname of the current Java security manager.
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# Enable the hardened java security manager

The **glide.security.manager** property contains the Java classname of the current Java security manager.

The **glide.security.manager** system property contains Java classname of current Java security manager. ServiceNow has standardized on the Contextual Security Manager. If **glide.security.manager** is not set to the recommended value of `com.glide.sys.security.ContextualSecurityManager`, then the instance may be using an obsolete Java security manager, which is missing expected hardening policies.

Ensure the property **glide.security.manager** is set to `com.glide.sys.security.ContextualSecurityManager`.

**Warning:** This is a safe harbor property, meaning the value can't be altered once it's changed. It is non-revertible.

## More information

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Attribute

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Configuration name

</td><td>

**glide.security.manager**

</td></tr><tr><td>

Configuration type

</td><td>

System Properties \(/sys\_properties\_list.do\)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Data type

</td><td>

string

</td></tr><tr><td>

Recommended value

</td><td>

com.glide.sys.security.ContextualSecurityManager

</td></tr><tr><td>

Default value

</td><td>

com.glide.sys.security.ContextualSecurityManager

</td></tr><tr><td>

Fallback value

</td><td>

com.glide.sys.security.ContextualSecurityManager

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

[Validation, sanitization, and encoding](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/validation-sanitization-encoding.md)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Security risk

</td><td>

-   Severity score: 7.2
-   CVSS score: High
-   Security risk details:Without this hardening, it may be possible for a malicious actor with script execution access to achieve remote code execution on the instance.

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Dependencies and prerequisites

</td><td>

None

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Validation, sanitization, and encoding](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/validation-sanitization-encoding.md)