Auth bypass in Civilian Board Of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (Eds)

CVE-2026-54105

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) Electronic Docketing System (EDS) expose sensitive account information through the 'update-profile/' API endpoint. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can submit a request containing an arbitrary 'user_id' parameter and receive a JSON response containing account-specific information, including the associated email address.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-54105: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-54105?
CVE-2026-54105 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Civilian Board Of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (Eds), classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-54105?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.