High 8.8Published Jun 18, 2026

CVE-2026-54104U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS client-based privilege escalation

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:00 PM ET)

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Every CVE for Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS)

Exploited in the last 30 days

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) Electronic Docketing System (EDS) trusts client-provided values for the 'epds_role_id' parameter without verification, allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to escalate their own privileges.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-602
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: cisa-cg
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Jun 22, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) government_accountability_office:electronic_protest_docketing_system_epds (from the name)	before 2026-02-22; 2026-02-22 not affected	CNA record
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS) civilian_board_of_contract_appeals:electronic_docketing_system_eds (from the name)	before 2026-03-19; 2026-03-19 not affected	CNA record

References

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54104	vdb-entry
https://epds.gao.gov/	product
https://www.eds.cbca.gov/login	product
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-169-01.json

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