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

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2026-02-22, 2026-03-19
- Published: 2026-06-18 · Updated: 2026-06-22

## Affected

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

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS), Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS), upgrade to a fixed version (2026-02-22, 2026-03-19) per the references below.
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## References

- 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://epds.gao.gov/
- https://www.eds.cbca.gov/login

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