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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Government Accountability Office Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS) unknown
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 2026-02-22
2026-02-22 unaffected —
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Electronic Docketing System (EDS) affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 2026-03-19
2026-03-19 unaffected —

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

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title U.S. GAO EPDS and CBCA EDS network access control bypass
Weaknesses CWE-940
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisa-cg

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-18T16:13:47.351Z

Reserved: 2026-06-11T19:41:26.775Z

Link: CVE-2026-54106

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Updated: 2026-06-18T19:00:11Z

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