CVE-2026-54104

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) Electronic Docketing System (EDS) trusts client-provided values for the 'epds_role_id' parameter without verification, allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to escalate their own privileges.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

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-2026-54104
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-2026-54104

Mitre link : CVE-2026-54104

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-54104

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-602

Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security

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