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.
History

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Temporal Server Schedule exclusion search can cause excessive CPU consumption
First Time appeared Temporal
Temporal temporal
Weaknesses CWE-606
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:temporal:temporal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Temporal
Temporal temporal
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Temporal

Published: 2026-09-21T11:23:47.298Z

Updated: 2026-09-21T15:33:15.387Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T18:08:55.806Z

Link: CVE-2026-16652

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T15:33:08.865Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-21T12:17:10.400

Modified: 2026-09-22T19:40:05.870

Link: CVE-2026-16652

cve-icon Redhat

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