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Ente Museum Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-16751
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 06:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Ente Museum Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jul 2026, 13:16 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-16751
Complete source record
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