Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System prior 2026-02-22 API Endpoint /update-profile/N missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System and Electronic Docketing System. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /update-profile/N of the component API Endpoint. This manipulation causes missing authentication. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-54103. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. This product operates as a managed service, which prevents users from maintaining vulnerability countermeasures themselves. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System and Electronic Docketing System. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file /update-profile/N of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at raw.githubusercontent.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-54103 since 06/11/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 2026-02-22 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Upgrade: Electronic Protest Docketing System/Electronic Docketing System 2026-02-22

Timelineinfo

06/11/2026 CVE reserved
06/18/2026 +7 days Advisory disclosed
06/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: raw.githubusercontent.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-54103 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-54103
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-372241

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2026 19:44
Changes: 06/18/2026 19:44 (77)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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