CVE-2026-54103

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Unauthenticated Password Change in GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS

Publication date: 2026-06-18

Last updated on: 2026-06-22

Assigner: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government

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.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-06-18

Last Modified

2026-06-22

Generated

2026-07-09

AI Q&A

2026-06-18

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-08

NVD

CVE-2026-54103

EUVD

EUVD-2026-37910

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
gao	electronic_protest_docketing_system	*
gao	civilian_board_of_contract_appeals_electronic_docketing_system	*

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

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

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) Electronic Docketing System (EDS). The issue is that the systems do not authenticate password change requests made to the '/update-profile/N' API endpoint.

Because of this lack of authentication, a remote attacker who is not logged in or authorized can change the password of any user arbitrarily.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can have severe impacts because an attacker can remotely change any user's password without authentication.

Unauthorized access to user accounts.
Potential loss of control over sensitive information or system functions tied to user accounts.
Compromise of system integrity and confidentiality.

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