CVE-2026-54103

June 18, 2026, 6:01 p.m.

9.3
Critical

Description

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) Electronic Docketing System (EDS) does not authenticate password change requests to the '/update-profile/N' API endpoint. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could change an arbitrary user's password.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Gao
  • Electronic Protest Docketing System
  • Civilian Board Of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System
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Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-306
Missing Authentication for Critical Function
The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a gao electronic_protest_docketing_system / / / / / / / /
a gao civilian_board_of_contract_appeals_electronic_docketing_system / / / / / / / /

References

https://epds.gao.gov/
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-169-01.json
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54103
https://www.eds.cbca.gov/login

Tags

CWE-306
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
2026-06-18
CVE-2026-54103

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: June 18, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Last Modified: June 18, 2026, 6:01 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

More info

Source

9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

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