diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking.go
index 12ba33edf79..270bc2b52d1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	apiservercel "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/common"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/environment"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/library"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/openapi"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/openapi/resolver"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) Check(policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []v1alph
 	for _, v := range policy.Spec.Validations {
 		exps = append(exps, v.Expression)
 	}
-	msgs := c.CheckExpressions(exps, policy.Spec.ParamKind != nil, policy)
+	// TODO(jiahuif) hasAuthorizer always true for now, will change after expending type checking to all fields.
+	msgs := c.CheckExpressions(exps, policy.Spec.ParamKind != nil, true, policy)
 	var results []v1alpha1.ExpressionWarning // intentionally not setting capacity
 	for i, msg := range msgs {
 		if msg != "" {
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) Check(policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []v1alph
 // TODO: It is much more useful to have machine-readable output and let the
 // client format it. That requires an update to the KEP, probably in coming
 // releases.
-func (c *TypeChecker) CheckExpressions(expressions []string, hasParams bool, policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []string {
+func (c *TypeChecker) CheckExpressions(expressions []string, hasParams, hasAuthorizer bool, policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []string {
 	var allWarnings []string
 	allGvks := c.typesToCheck(policy)
 	gvks := make([]schema.GroupVersionKind, 0, len(allGvks))
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) CheckExpressions(expressions []string, hasParams bool, pol
 		var results []typeCheckingResult
 		for i, gvk := range gvks {
 			s := schemas[i]
-			issues, err := c.checkExpression(exp, hasParams, typeOverwrite{
+			issues, err := c.checkExpression(exp, hasParams, hasAuthorizer, typeOverwrite{
 				object: common.SchemaDeclType(s, true).MaybeAssignTypeName(generateUniqueTypeName(gvk.Kind)),
 				params: paramsDeclType,
 			})
@@ -187,8 +189,8 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) paramsType(policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) sch
 	return gv.WithKind(policy.Spec.ParamKind.Kind)
 }
 
-func (c *TypeChecker) checkExpression(expression string, hasParams bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Issues, error) {
-	env, err := buildEnv(hasParams, types)
+func (c *TypeChecker) checkExpression(expression string, hasParams, hasAuthorizer bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Issues, error) {
+	env, err := buildEnv(hasParams, hasAuthorizer, types)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ func sortGVKList(list []schema.GroupVersionKind) []schema.GroupVersionKind {
 	return list
 }
 
-func buildEnv(hasParams bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Env, error) {
+func buildEnv(hasParams bool, hasAuthorizer bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Env, error) {
 	baseEnv := environment.MustBaseEnvSet(environment.DefaultCompatibilityVersion())
 	requestType := plugincel.BuildRequestType()
 
@@ -337,6 +339,13 @@ func buildEnv(hasParams bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Env, error) {
 		declTypes = append(declTypes, types.params)
 		varOpts = append(varOpts, createVariableOpts(types.params, plugincel.ParamsVarName)...)
 	}
+
+	// authorizer, implicitly available to all expressions of a policy
+	if hasAuthorizer {
+		// we only need its structure but not the variable itself
+		varOpts = append(varOpts, cel.Variable("authorizer", library.AuthorizerType))
+	}
+
 	env, err := baseEnv.Extend(
 		environment.VersionedOptions{
 			// Feature epoch was actually 1.26, but we artificially set it to 1.0 because these
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking_test.go
index 9a3682942d3..71684a34e58 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking_test.go
@@ -233,6 +233,42 @@ func TestTypeCheck(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}},
 	}}
+	authorizerPolicy := &v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy{Spec: v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicySpec{
+		Validations: []v1alpha1.Validation{
+			{
+				Expression: "authorizer.group('').resource('endpoints').check('create').allowed()",
+			},
+		},
+		MatchConstraints: &v1alpha1.MatchResources{ResourceRules: []v1alpha1.NamedRuleWithOperations{
+			{
+				RuleWithOperations: v1alpha1.RuleWithOperations{
+					Rule: v1alpha1.Rule{
+						APIGroups:   []string{"apps"},
+						APIVersions: []string{"v1"},
+						Resources:   []string{"deployments"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}},
+	}}
+	authorizerInvalidPolicy := &v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy{Spec: v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicySpec{
+		Validations: []v1alpha1.Validation{
+			{
+				Expression: "authorizer.allowed()",
+			},
+		},
+		MatchConstraints: &v1alpha1.MatchResources{ResourceRules: []v1alpha1.NamedRuleWithOperations{
+			{
+				RuleWithOperations: v1alpha1.RuleWithOperations{
+					Rule: v1alpha1.Rule{
+						APIGroups:   []string{"apps"},
+						APIVersions: []string{"v1"},
+						Resources:   []string{"deployments"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}},
+	}}
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		name           string
 		schemaToReturn *spec.Schema
@@ -327,6 +363,36 @@ func TestTypeCheck(t *testing.T) {
 				toHaveLengthOf(1),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "authorizer",
+			policy: authorizerPolicy,
+			schemaToReturn: &spec.Schema{
+				SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+					Type: []string{"object"},
+					Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+						"foo": *spec.StringProperty(),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			assertions: []assertionFunc{toBeEmpty},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "authorizer invalid",
+			policy: authorizerInvalidPolicy,
+			schemaToReturn: &spec.Schema{
+				SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+					Type: []string{"object"},
+					Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+						"foo": *spec.StringProperty(),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			assertions: []assertionFunc{
+				toHaveFieldRef("spec.validations[0].expression"),
+				toHaveLengthOf(1),
+				toContain("found no matching overload for 'allowed' applied to 'kubernetes.authorization.Authorizer"),
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			typeChecker := buildTypeChecker(tc.schemaToReturn)