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title: "CVE-2026-104875: Ente - Authorization Bypass"
description: "Ente server image < 2026.07.09 contains an authorization bypass caused by insufficient validation of client-supplied userID and recovery-session UUID in /emergency-contacts/approve-recovery endpoint, letting accepted emergency contacts approve recovery and access recovery information prematurely, exploit requires victim to have previously accepted attacker as emergency contact."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-104875/
---

# CVE-2026-104875 Ente - Authorization Bypass

Ente server image < 2026.07.09 contains an authorization bypass caused by insufficient validation of client-supplied userID and recovery-session UUID in /emergency-contacts/approve-recovery endpoint, letting accepted emergency contacts approve recovery and access recovery information prematurely, exploit requires victim to have previously accepted attacker as emergency contact.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.35% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104875)

## Details

Type

Authorization Bypass

Impact

Broken Access Control, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

13 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-639](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to server image 2026.07.09 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104875](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104875)
- [https://github.com/ente/ente/commit/1fc4956f90277076559c16dedbfad10cb4d1227b](https://github.com/ente/ente/commit/1fc4956f90277076559c16dedbfad10cb4d1227b)
- [https://github.com/ente/ente/commit/b3fa9f566466ac3660e276a67621130d684957e7](https://github.com/ente/ente/commit/b3fa9f566466ac3660e276a67621130d684957e7)
- [https://github.com/ente/ente/pull/11311](https://github.com/ente/ente/pull/11311)
- [https://github.com/ente/ente/pull/11342](https://github.com/ente/ente/pull/11342)
- [https://github.com/ente/ente/security/advisories/GHSA-2hxj-953x-c2vw](https://github.com/ente/ente/security/advisories/GHSA-2hxj-953x-c2vw)

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