Security fix · CVE-2025-8396
Insufficiently specific bounds checking on authorization header could lead to denial of service in the Temporal server on all platforms due to excessive memory allocation.This issu
Published Sep 15, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 15, 2025 · Temporal OSS Server
Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8396. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of Temporal OSS Server is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.39%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Temporal OSS Server 1.27.0 <1.27.3
Insufficiently specific bounds checking on authorization header could lead to denial of service in the Temporal server on all platforms due to excessive memory allocation.This issue affects all platforms and versions of OSS Server prior to 1.26.3, 1.27.3, and 1.28.1 (i.e., fixed in 1.26.3, 1.27.3, and 1.28.1 and later). Temporal Cloud services are not impacted.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Temporal OSS Server 1.27.0 <1.27.31.27.0 <1.27.3
How to fix CVE-2025-8396
Upgrade
CVE-2025-8396 lists a fix boundary at 1.27.3. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 1.27.0 <1.27.3
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8396. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of Temporal OSS Server is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Temporal OSS Server 1.27.0 <1.27.3 1.27.0 <1.27.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.39%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 15, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Insufficiently specific bounds checking on authorization header could lead to denial of service in the Temporal server on all platforms due to excessive memory allocation.This issue affects all platforms and versions of OSS Server prior to 1.26.3, 1.27.3, and 1.28.1 (i.e., fixed in 1.26.3, 1.27.3, and 1.28.1 and later). Temporal Cloud services are not impacted.
Sep 15, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Insufficiently specific bounds checking on authorization header could lead to denial of service in the Temporal server on all platforms due to excessive memory allocation.This issue affects all platforms and versions of OSS Server prior to 1.26.3, 1.27.3, and 1.28.1 (i.e., fixed in 1.26.3, 1.27.3, and 1.28.1 and later). Temporal Cloud services are not impacted.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8396
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8396
30-day exploitation probability 0.39%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-29200
Insufficiently specific bounds checking on authorization header could lead to denial of service in the Temporal server on all platforms due to excessive memory allocation.This issue affects all platforms and versions of OSS Server prior to 1.26.3, 1.27.3, and 1.28.1 (i.e., fixed
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- EUVDOct 23, 2026
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 22, 2026