Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System prior 2026-02-22 Header X-Forwarded-For verification of source

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System and Electronic Docketing System. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Header Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For results in verification of source. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-54106. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. This product is a managed service, indicating that users are not permitted to maintain vulnerability countermeasures themselves. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System and Electronic Docketing System. This affects an unknown code of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For with an unknown input leads to a verification of source vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-940. The product establishes a communication channel to handle an incoming request that has been initiated by an actor, but it does not properly verify that the request is coming from the expected origin. This is going to have an impact on 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) do not validate X-Forwarded-For HTTP headers, allowing a remote attacker with compromised administrator credentials to bypass network access controls and log in.

It is possible to read the advisory at raw.githubusercontent.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-54106 since 06/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-37913). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Government Accountability Office

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• Electronic Docketing System
• Electronic Protest Docketing System

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