CVE-2026-54103 (GCVE-0-2026-54103)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 16:12 – Updated: 2026-06-18 16:12 Exclusively Hosted Service
VLAI
Title
U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS unauthenticated password change
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 (Critical)
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
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-06-18 00:00
Credits
Blake Rash, CISA
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