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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Cross Namespace Commands Authorization Bypass | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Temporal
Published: 2025-12-30T20:16:20.154Z
Updated: 2026-01-02T15:30:19.797Z
Reserved: 2025-12-19T19:19:01.833Z
Link: CVE-2025-14987
Updated: 2026-01-02T15:30:14.976Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-12-30T21:15:43.343
Modified: 2025-12-31T20:42:43.210
Link: CVE-2025-14987
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