CVE-2026-54103

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
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

Configurations

No configuration.

History

19 Jun 2026, 06:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-18 17:16

Updated : 2026-06-22 14:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-54103

Mitre link : CVE-2026-54103

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-54103

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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