CVE-2026-16651

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

• https://github.com/temporalio/sqlparser/commit/74181ffcbaaf0c52faa925f4cf27ed6c0c2be86f security@temporal.io
• https://github.com/temporalio/sqlparser/pull/5 security@temporal.io
• https://github.com/temporalio/sqlparser/tree/v0.1.0 security@temporal.io
• https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/pull/11090 security@temporal.io
• https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/pull/11190 security@temporal.io
• https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.7 security@temporal.io
• https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.3 security@temporal.io

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-16651.json.

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