VYPR
High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026

CVE-2026-55773

CVE-2026-55773

Description

CedarJava is an open source Java implementation of the Cedar policy language, used for fine-grained authorization decisions. In versions prior to 2.3.6, 3.4.1 and 4.9.0, under certain circumstances, improper input handling could allow Cedar-expression injection via unescaped toCedarExpr(). The toCedarExpr() method on Cedar Value types does not escape special characters (" or \) when converting values to Cedar source code. If an integrator uses toCedarExpr() to build policy text at runtime from user-controlled values, an actor could inject arbitrary Cedar expressions. For example, injecting || true into a permit ... when { ... } clause could make the permit unconditional, or injecting && false into a forbid clause could prevent the forbid from triggering. This issue requires the integrator to use toCedarExpr() to build policy text at runtime from user-controlled input. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 2.3.6, 3.4.1, and 4.9.0.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
com.cedarpolicy:cedar-javaMaven
< 2.3.62.3.6
com.cedarpolicy:cedar-javaMaven
>= 3.1.2, < 3.4.13.4.1
com.cedarpolicy:cedar-javaMaven
>= 4.0.0, < 4.9.04.9.0

Affected products

1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

3

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.