# CVE-2025-14986: ExecuteMultiOperation Namespace Policy Bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-P2GR-HM8G-Q772, GO-2025-4272
- Severity: CVSS 1.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Green
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.27.4, 1.28.2, 1.29.2
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-01-02

## Affected

- temporal: from 1.24.0, through 1.29.1; from 1.24.0, through 1.28.1; from 1.24.0, through 1.27.3
- go.temporal.io/server (Go): from 1.24.0, fixed in 1.27.4
- go.temporal.io/server (Go): from 1.28.0, fixed in 1.28.2
- go.temporal.io/server (Go): from 1.29.0, fixed in 1.29.2
- go.temporal.io/server (Go): from 1.24.0, fixed in 1.27.4; from 1.28.0, fixed in 1.28.2; from 1.29.0, fixed in 1.29.2

## Description

When frontend.enableExecuteMultiOperation is enabled, the server can apply namespace-scoped validation and feature gates for the embedded StartWorkflowExecutionRequest using its Namespace field rather than the outer, authorized ExecuteMultiOperationRequest.Namespace. This allows a caller authorized for one namespace to bypass that namespace's limits/policies by setting the embedded start request's namespace to a different namespace. The workflow is still created in the outer (authorized) namespace; only validation/gating is performed under the wrong namespace context. This issue affects Temporal: from 1.24.0 through 1.29.1. Fixed in 1.27.4, 1.28.2, 1.29.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on temporal, go.temporal.io/server, upgrade to a fixed version (1.27.4, 1.28.2, 1.29.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.27.4
- https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.28.2
- https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.2

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