CVE-2026-54104 (GCVE-0-2026-54104)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 16:12 – Updated: 2026-06-22 12:32 Exclusively Hosted Service
VLAI
Title
U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS client-based privilege escalation
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-602 - Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-06-18 00:00
Credits
Blake Rash, CISA
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