CVE-2025-14987CWE-863

Cross Namespace Commands Authorization Bypass

Medium · published December 30, 2025

CVSS v4.0
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

When system.enableCrossNamespaceCommands is enabled (on by default), the Temporal server permits certain workflow task commands (e.g. StartChildWorkflowExecution, SignalExternalWorkflowExecution, RequestCancelExternalWorkflowExecution) to target a different namespace than the namespace authorized at the gRPC boundary. The frontend authorizes RespondWorkflowTaskCompleted based on the outer request namespace, but the history service later resolves and executes the command using the namespace embedded in command attributes without authorizing the caller for that target namespace. This can allow a worker authorized for one namespace to create, signal, or cancel workflows in another namespace.

This issue affects Temporal: through 1.29.1. Fixed in 1.27.4, 1.28.2, 1.29.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
EPSS
0.00401 · 33.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2025-12-30T20:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 DEC 20:16Z
    Cross Namespace Commands Authorization Bypass
    cvelistv5