CVE-2026-16751: Ente Museum Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-07-29 · updated 2026-10-23

Description

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.

Affected products

Ente Museum Server: through 2.0.34

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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