CVE-2026-16652

Temporal Server Schedule exclusion search can cause excessive CPU consumption

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Sep 21, 2026
Updated
Sep 21, 2026
Reserved
Jul 22, 2026

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Description

Temporal Server did not bound the work performed while searching for a Schedule's next action time. An authenticated caller with namespace write permission could create or update a Schedule that combines a fine-grained cadence with an exclusion calendar that rejects every candidate time, causing the server to evaluate excluded candidates without a per-search work budget. This can consume excessive CPU in Frontend and Schedule worker components. A persisted specification can also cause its backing Schedule Workflow to repeatedly fail and retry, allowing CPU consumption to continue without additional requests until the Schedule is deleted or its backing Workflow is terminated. Repeated or parallel exploitation can deny service. The issue affects availability only; it does not expose or modify Workflow data.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NTemporal

Weaknesses

  • CWE-606 Unchecked Input for Loop Condition

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Temporal ServerTemporal Technologies, Inc.
  • 1.17.0 through 1.29.7Affected
  • 1.30.0 to before 1.30.7Affected
  • 1.31.0 to before 1.31.3Affected

References

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