Description
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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)
Low
Integrity (Vulnerable System)
None
Availability (Vulnerable System)
None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)
None
Integrity (Subsequent System)
None
Availability (Subsequent System)
None
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected products
- Civilian Board of Contract Appeals / Electronic Docketing System (EDS)0 – 2026-03-19
- Civilian Board of Contract Appeals / Electronic Docketing System (EDS)2026-03-19 – 2026-03-19
- Government Accountability Office / Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS)0 – 2026-02-22
- Government Accountability Office / Electronic Protest Docketing System (EPDS)2026-02-22 – 2026-02-22