Summary CedarJava is an open source Java implementation of the Cedar policy language, used for fine-grained authorization decisions. Under certain circumstances, it could lead to incorrect equality comparisons. Impact E…
| CVE ID | CVE-2026-55771 |
| Vendor | maven |
| Affected Product | com.cedarpolicy:cedar-java |
| Vulnerability Type | Vulnerability |
| CVSS Score | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| EPSS Score | 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days |
| Actively Exploited | ❌ No known exploitation |
| Patch Status | See Vendor Advisory → |
| Reported By | CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via github_advisories) |
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EntityIdentifier.equals() has inverted null/self branches The EntityIdentifier.equals() method has inverted logic for null and self-reference checks, returning true for null comparisons and false for self-comparisons. This does not affect Cedar authorization decisions (computed in Rust from JSON), but could affect integrators who perform their own equality checks on entity identifiers.It has been addressed in CedarJava version 4.9 and above. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or deriva
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