CVE-2026-16751

Authorization Bypass in the emergency recovery approval component in Ente Technologies Ente Museum Server allows an authenticated attacker configured as a victim's emergency contact to bypass the configured recovery waiting period and take over the victim's account via a crafted `approve-recovery` API request.

CVSS 3.1

6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-07-29

Modified

2026-10-23

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

References

• https://github.com/ente/ente/commit/4789ae67368c1f9ba7eb1a0e2c0588e4a9a55746
• https://github.com/ente/ente/tree/v2.0.34
• https://vokecyber.com/blog/cve-2026-16751-ente-emergency-recovery-bypass
• https://vokecyber.com/research/cve-2026-16751-ente-emergency-recovery-bypass

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