CVE-2026-16751

Ente Museum Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 29, 2026 at 01:16 PM UTC
Updated: October 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMuseum Server

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.340

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

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