CVE-2026-83530

Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in cel-go

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 9, 2026 at 02:56 PM UTC
Updated: September 23, 2026 at 08:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCommon Expression Language

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A user could provide an expression whose string length is longer than the ParserExpressionSizeLimit() configured on the CEL environment, and a memory allocation would occur proportional to the size of the input before the limit would be checked / enforced.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.29.0
Affected range stops below 0.29.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/cel-expr/cel-go/pull/1302

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-789

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