CVE-2026-16751 Ente Museum Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
An authenticated attacker acting as an emergency contact can bypass recovery waiting periods to take over victim accounts via a crafted API request.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-16751?
CVE-2026-16751 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ente Museum Server, published on 29 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16751?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16751?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16751 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-16751 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16751 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jmh3-fv99-c329.