diff --git a/pkg/rulemanager/cel/cel.go b/pkg/rulemanager/cel/cel.go
index d179e015b..4b6bb05bc 100644
--- a/pkg/rulemanager/cel/cel.go
+++ b/pkg/rulemanager/cel/cel.go
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@ func NewCEL(objectCache objectcache.ObjectCache, cfg config.Config) (*CEL, error
 	eventObj, eventTyp := xcel.NewObject(&utils.CelEventImpl{})
 	xcel.RegisterObject(ta, tp, eventObj, eventTyp, utils.CelFields)
 
+	// Register the nested request accessor type
+	requestObj, requestTyp := xcel.NewObject(utils.HttpRequestAccessor{})
+	xcel.RegisterObject(ta, tp, requestObj, requestTyp, utils.HttpRequestFields)
+
+	// Set the request field's type now that requestTyp is available
+	utils.CelFields["request"].Type = requestTyp
+
 	envOptions := []cel.EnvOption{
 		cel.Variable("event", eventTyp), // All events accessible via "event" variable
+		cel.Variable("http", eventTyp),  // HTTP events also accessible via "http" variable
 		cel.Variable("eventType", cel.StringType),
 		cel.CustomTypeAdapter(ta),
 		cel.CustomTypeProvider(tp),
diff --git a/pkg/utils/cel.go b/pkg/utils/cel.go
index 5795caa0d..58ebea686 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/cel.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/cel.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
 
 	celtypes "github.com/google/cel-go/common/types"
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/common/types/ref"
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ type CelEvent interface {
 	CapabilitiesEvent
 	DNSEvent
 	ExecEvent
+	HttpEvent
 	IOUring
 	LinkEvent
 	NetworkEvent
@@ -27,6 +31,12 @@ type CelEventImpl struct {
 	CelEvent
 }
 
+// HttpRequestAccessor provides access to HTTP request fields
+// It's a lightweight wrapper around CelEvent that avoids allocations
+type HttpRequestAccessor struct {
+	HttpEvent CelEvent
+}
+
 var isSet = ref.FieldTester(func(target any) bool {
 	x := target.(*xcel.Object[CelEvent])
 	if x.Raw == nil {
@@ -35,6 +45,27 @@ var isSet = ref.FieldTester(func(target any) bool {
 	return true
 })
 
+var requestIsSet = ref.FieldTester(func(target any) bool {
+	x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+	if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+	return req != nil
+})
+
+var urlIsSet = ref.FieldTester(func(target any) bool {
+	x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+	if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+	if req == nil || req.URL == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return req.URL.String() != ""
+})
+
 var CelFields = map[string]*celtypes.FieldType{
 	"args": {
 		Type:  celtypes.ListType,
@@ -388,4 +419,139 @@ var CelFields = map[string]*celtypes.FieldType{
 			return x.Raw.GetUid(), nil
 		}),
 	},
+	// HTTP request nested object (no allocation - just wraps the event)
+	"request": {
+		Type:  nil, // Will be set during registration
+		IsSet: isSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[CelEvent])
+			if x.Raw == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			// Return a wrapped accessor - xcel.NewObject is lightweight (just pointer wrapping)
+			accessor := HttpRequestAccessor{HttpEvent: x.Raw}
+			obj, _ := xcel.NewObject(accessor)
+			return obj, nil
+		}),
+	},
+	"direction": {
+		Type:  celtypes.StringType,
+		IsSet: isSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[CelEvent])
+			if x.Raw == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			return string(x.Raw.GetDirection()), nil
+		}),
+	},
+}
+
+// HttpRequestFields defines CEL fields for the nested http.request object
+var HttpRequestFields = map[string]*celtypes.FieldType{
+	"headers": {
+		Type:  celtypes.MapType,
+		IsSet: requestIsSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+			if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+			if req != nil {
+				return req.Header, nil
+			}
+			return http.Header{}, nil
+		}),
+	},
+	"host": {
+		Type:  celtypes.StringType,
+		IsSet: requestIsSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+			if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+			if req != nil {
+				return req.Host, nil
+			}
+			return "", nil
+		}),
+	},
+	"method": {
+		Type:  celtypes.StringType,
+		IsSet: requestIsSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+			if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+			if req != nil {
+				return req.Method, nil
+			}
+			return "", nil
+		}),
+	},
+	"url": {
+		Type:  celtypes.StringType,
+		IsSet: urlIsSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+			if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+			if req != nil && req.URL != nil {
+				return req.URL.String(), nil
+			}
+			return "", nil
+		}),
+	},
+	"path": {
+		Type:  celtypes.StringType,
+		IsSet: urlIsSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+			if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+			if req != nil && req.URL != nil {
+				return req.URL.Path, nil
+			}
+			return "", nil
+		}),
+	},
+	"body": {
+		Type:  celtypes.StringType,
+		IsSet: requestIsSet,
+		GetFrom: ref.FieldGetter(func(target any) (any, error) {
+			x := target.(*xcel.Object[HttpRequestAccessor])
+			if x.Raw.HttpEvent == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("celval: object is nil")
+			}
+			// Try GetBuf() first (for eBPF events)
+			buf := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetBuf()
+			if len(buf) > 0 {
+				return string(buf), nil
+			}
+			// Fallback to reading from Request.Body (for test events)
+			req := x.Raw.HttpEvent.GetRequest()
+			if req != nil && req.Body != nil {
+				// Read with size limit (10MB) and restore body for downstream readers
+				const maxBodySize = 10 * 1024 * 1024 // 10MB
+				limitedReader := io.LimitReader(req.Body, maxBodySize)
+				bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(limitedReader)
+				req.Body.Close()                                    // Close the original body
+				req.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes)) // Restore for downstream
+				if err != nil {
+					return "", err
+				}
+				return string(bodyBytes), nil
+			}
+			return "", nil
+		}),
+	},
 }