diff --git a/src/V3Param.cpp b/src/V3Param.cpp
index fac1c757e..8c6d65fab 100644
--- a/src/V3Param.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Param.cpp
@@ -2367,6 +2367,22 @@ class ParamClassRefDTypeRelinkVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         }
     }
 
+    // A class's name before specialization (e.g. "holder" for "holder__Tz1").
+    static string classOrigName(const AstClass* classp) {
+        return classp->origName().empty() ? classp->name() : classp->origName();
+    }
+
+    // Find 'name' in classp or any base class (findTypedefInModule() searches
+    // only the class itself).
+    static AstTypedef* findTypedefWithBases(AstClass* classp, const string& name) {
+        for (AstClass* cp = classp; cp; cp = cp->extendsp() ? cp->extendsp()->classp() : nullptr) {
+            if (AstTypedef* const tdp = V3LinkDotIfaceCapture::findTypedefInModule(cp, name)) {
+                if (tdp->subDTypep()) return tdp;
+            }
+        }
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     // Re-resolve REFDTYPE.typedefp/refDTypep using the containing module's
     // own resolved typedef chain. The eager retargeting in deepCloneModule
     // blindly retargets every captured entry to whichever sibling clone is
@@ -2377,10 +2393,46 @@ class ParamClassRefDTypeRelinkVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
     // those local typedefs as ground truth.
     void retargetRefDType(AstRefDType* refp) {
         if (!m_ownerModp) return;
+
+        // IEEE 1800-2023 8.25.1: a bare class-qualified reference to the class
+        // being compiled means the current specialization, but V3LinkDot binds
+        // it to the default instance, so a typedef reached through it widens
+        // with the template's defaults (#8348). Rebind it to the
+        // specialization's own typedef.
+        if (AstClass* const ownerClassp = VN_CAST(m_ownerModp, Class)) {
+            if (!ownerClassp->hasGParam() && !refp->paramsp()) {
+                // What the reference resolves to: its typedef's owner if
+                // linked, else the class it is qualified by.
+                const AstClass* refClassp = nullptr;
+                if (AstTypedef* const tdp = refp->typedefp()) {
+                    refClassp = VN_CAST(V3LinkDotIfaceCapture::findOwnerModule(tdp), Class);
+                } else if (const AstClassOrPackageRef* const classRefp
+                           = VN_CAST(refp->classOrPackageOpp(), ClassOrPackageRef)) {
+                    refClassp = VN_CAST(classRefp->classOrPackageSkipp(), Class);
+                }
+                // Same originating class => bare self reference (another
+                // specialization would carry #(), rejected above).
+                if (refClassp && refClassp != ownerClassp
+                    && classOrigName(refClassp) == classOrigName(ownerClassp)) {
+                    AstTypedef* const selfTdp = findTypedefWithBases(ownerClassp, refp->name());
+                    if (selfTdp) {
+                        UINFO(9, "post-param REFDTYPE self-reference retarget: "
+                                     << refp << " from " << refClassp->name() << " to "
+                                     << ownerClassp->name());
+                        refp->typedefp(selfTdp);
+                        refp->classOrPackagep(V3LinkDotIfaceCapture::findOwnerModule(selfTdp));
+                        refp->refDTypep(selfTdp->subDTypep());
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         AstTypedef* const oldTdp = refp->typedefp();
         if (!oldTdp) return;
         AstClass* const oldOwnerp = VN_CAST(V3LinkDotIfaceCapture::findOwnerModule(oldTdp), Class);
         if (!oldOwnerp) return;
+
         ensureOwnerMap();
         if (m_origNameToClone.empty()) return;
         const std::string origName
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_class_param_self_ref_typedef.py b/test_regress/t/t_class_param_self_ref_typedef.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8a938befd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_class_param_self_ref_typedef.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3
+# or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Wilson Snyder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+import vltest_bootstrap
+
+test.scenarios('simulator')
+
+test.compile()
+
+test.execute()
+
+test.passes()
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_class_param_self_ref_typedef.v b/test_regress/t/t_class_param_self_ref_typedef.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06310e1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_class_param_self_ref_typedef.v
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain.
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Wilson Snyder
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+// IEEE 1800-2023 8.25.1: inside a parameterized class, a bare class name used
+// without #() denotes the current specialization. A typedef reached through
+// such a self reference must resolve against the specialization's type
+// parameters, not the template's defaults. Covers both a typedef declared in
+// the class itself and one inherited from a base class.
+
+// verilog_format: off
+`define stop $stop
+`define checkd(gotv,expv) do if ((gotv) !== (expv)) begin $write("%%Error: %s:%0d:  got=%0d exp=%0d (%s !== %s)\n", `__FILE__,`__LINE__, (gotv), (expv), `"gotv`", `"expv`"); `stop; end while(0);
+// verilog_format: on
+
+package pkg;
+  class item_base #(type DATA = int);
+    DATA value;
+  endclass
+
+  class holder #(type FIN = int);
+    typedef item_base#(FIN) my_item_t;
+
+    virtual function holder::my_item_t get_bare();
+      my_item_t item;
+      return item;
+    endfunction
+  endclass
+
+  // Same, but the typedef is inherited from a base class instead.
+  class base_holder #(type FIN = int);
+    typedef item_base#(FIN) my_item_t;
+  endclass
+
+  class derived #(type FIN = int) extends base_holder#(FIN);
+    virtual function derived::my_item_t get_bare();
+      my_item_t item;
+      return item;
+    endfunction
+  endclass
+endpackage
+
+module t;
+  import pkg::*;
+
+  // Non-default parameters, so the specialization differs from the template
+  // default and the bug is observable.
+  holder#(byte) h;
+  derived#(shortint) d;
+
+  initial begin
+    automatic holder#(byte)::my_item_t got;
+    automatic derived#(shortint)::my_item_t got_inherited;
+    h = new;
+    got = h.get_bare();
+    `checkd($bits(got.value), 8);
+    d = new;
+    got_inherited = d.get_bare();
+    `checkd($bits(got_inherited.value), 16);
+    $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+    $finish;
+  end
+endmodule