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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-54103 json

U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS unauthenticated password change

published 4mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2026-37910

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

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

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Vendor advisories

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cisa vex VA-26-169-01 updated cvss 9.8

U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS multiple vulnerabilities

  • Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS) <2026-03-19 Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) <2026-02-22
    affected: vendor fix
  • Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS) 2026-03-19 Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) 2026-02-22
    fixed: vendor fix

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 9.3 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
CNA 4.0 9.3 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

Affected products

  • Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS)
  • Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

Sources

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