CVE-2026-54106

MEDIUM 4.7

U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS network access control bypass

CVSS Score

4.7

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-940
Vendor	government accountability office
Product	electronic protest docketing system (epds)
Published	Jun 18, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Affected Versions

Government Accountability Office / Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS)

0 < 2026-02-22

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals / Electronic Docketing System (EDS)

0 < 2026-03-19

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

raw.githubusercontent.com: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-169-01.json cve.org: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54106 epds.gao.gov: https://epds.gao.gov/ eds.cbca.gov: https://www.eds.cbca.gov/login

Credits

Blake Rash, CISA