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CVE-2026-54103: U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS unauthenticated password change

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-18 · updated 2026-06-22
• Weakness: CWE-306

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.

Affected products

• Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS): before 2026-03-19 — fixed in 2026-03-19
• Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS): before 2026-02-22 — fixed in 2026-02-22

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS) 2026-03-19; Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) 2026-02-22. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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

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