diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-gifts-leave.md b/.changeset/rotten-gifts-leave.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82076a6ae94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-gifts-leave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+#internal keys11 validate ids prior to use as transmission schedule seed
diff --git a/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go b/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go
index 4273169d23e..8572efed155 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/remote/target/client.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/capabilities/remote"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/capabilities/remote/target/request"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/capabilities/remote/types"
+	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/capabilities/validation"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/logger"
 )
 
@@ -172,8 +173,12 @@ func (c *client) Receive(ctx context.Context, msg *types.MessageBody) {
 }
 
 func GetMessageIDForRequest(req commoncap.CapabilityRequest) (string, error) {
-	if !remote.IsValidWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowID) || !remote.IsValidWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowExecutionID) {
-		return "", errors.New("workflow ID and workflow execution ID in request metadata are invalid")
+	if err := validation.ValidateWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowID); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("workflow ID is invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := validation.ValidateWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowExecutionID); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("workflow execution ID is invalid: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return req.Metadata.WorkflowID + req.Metadata.WorkflowExecutionID, nil
diff --git a/core/capabilities/remote/trigger_publisher.go b/core/capabilities/remote/trigger_publisher.go
index 23b778f6018..4aac821bc14 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/remote/trigger_publisher.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/remote/trigger_publisher.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/capabilities/pb"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/services"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/capabilities/remote/types"
+	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/capabilities/validation"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/logger"
 	p2ptypes "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/p2p/types"
 )
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ func (p *triggerPublisher) Receive(_ context.Context, msg *types.MessageBody) {
 			p.lggr.Errorw("sender not a member of its workflow DON", "capabilityId", p.capInfo.ID, "callerDonId", msg.CallerDonId, "sender", sender)
 			return
 		}
-		if !IsValidWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowID) {
-			p.lggr.Errorw("received trigger request with invalid workflow ID", "capabilityId", p.capInfo.ID, "workflowId", SanitizeLogString(req.Metadata.WorkflowID))
+		if err = validation.ValidateWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowID); err != nil {
+			p.lggr.Errorw("received trigger request with invalid workflow ID", "capabilityId", p.capInfo.ID, "workflowId", SanitizeLogString(req.Metadata.WorkflowID), "err", err)
 			return
 		}
 		p.lggr.Debugw("received trigger registration", "capabilityId", p.capInfo.ID, "workflowId", req.Metadata.WorkflowID, "sender", sender)
diff --git a/core/capabilities/remote/utils.go b/core/capabilities/remote/utils.go
index 7e303eefc8f..f9dc0567fea 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/remote/utils.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/remote/utils.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	maxLoggedStringLen = 256
-	validWorkflowIDLen = 64
 	maxIDLen           = 128
 )
 
@@ -116,15 +115,6 @@ func SanitizeLogString(s string) string {
 	return s + tooLongSuffix
 }
 
-// Workflow IDs and Execution IDs are 32-byte hex-encoded strings
-func IsValidWorkflowOrExecutionID(id string) bool {
-	if len(id) != validWorkflowIDLen {
-		return false
-	}
-	_, err := hex.DecodeString(id)
-	return err == nil
-}
-
 // Trigger event IDs and message IDs can only contain printable characters and must be non-empty
 func IsValidID(id string) bool {
 	if len(id) == 0 || len(id) > maxIDLen {
diff --git a/core/capabilities/transmission/transmission.go b/core/capabilities/transmission/transmission.go
index b41be5bcaa5..9403f9e2696 100644
--- a/core/capabilities/transmission/transmission.go
+++ b/core/capabilities/transmission/transmission.go
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
+	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/capabilities/validation"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/libocr/permutation"
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/capabilities"
@@ -56,8 +55,12 @@ func GetPeerIDToTransmissionDelay(donPeerIDs []types.PeerID, req capabilities.Ca
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to extract transmission config from request: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if req.Metadata.WorkflowID == "" || req.Metadata.WorkflowExecutionID == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("workflow ID and workflow execution ID must be set in request metadata")
+	if err = validation.ValidateWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowID); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("workflow ID is invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err = validation.ValidateWorkflowOrExecutionID(req.Metadata.WorkflowExecutionID); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("workflow execution ID is invalid: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	transmissionID := req.Metadata.WorkflowID + req.Metadata.WorkflowExecutionID
diff --git a/core/capabilities/validation/validation.go b/core/capabilities/validation/validation.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00f24b8b71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/capabilities/validation/validation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package validation
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+)
+
+const (
+	validWorkflowIDLen = 64
+)
+
+// Workflow IDs and Execution IDs are 32-byte hex-encoded strings
+func ValidateWorkflowOrExecutionID(id string) error {
+	if len(id) != validWorkflowIDLen {
+		return errors.New("must be 32 bytes long")
+	}
+	_, err := hex.DecodeString(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("must be a hex-encoded string")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}