CVE-2026-55773CWE-94

CedarJava has a policy injection vulnerability

High · published July 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00518 · 43.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-07-13T19:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 JUL 19:17Z
    CedarJava has a policy injection vulnerability
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