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CVE-2026-16751

Status: DeferredMedium (6.5)—

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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Ente Technologies — Ente Museum ServerAI

References

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  "lastModified": "2026-09-23T14:17:06.840",
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