Description
Lychee is a free, open-source photo-management tool. Prior to 7.1.0, an authorization vulnerability exists in Lychee's album password unlock functionality that allows users to gain possibly unauthorized access to other users' password-protected albums. When a user unlocks a password-protected public album, the system automatically unlocks ALL other public albums that share the same password, resulting in a complete authorization bypass. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.0.
Published: 2026-01-12
Score: 2.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Authorization bypass via password propagation
Action: Upgrade
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

History

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lycheeorg:lychee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lycheeorg
Lycheeorg lychee
Vendors & Products Lycheeorg
Lycheeorg lychee

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Lychee is a free, open-source photo-management tool. Prior to 7.1.0, an authorization vulnerability exists in Lychee's album password unlock functionality that allows users to gain possibly unauthorized access to other users' password-protected albums. When a user unlocks a password-protected public album, the system automatically unlocks ALL other public albums that share the same password, resulting in a complete authorization bypass. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.0.
Title Lychee cross-album password propagation on Album unlocking
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Lycheeorg Lychee
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-12T18:55:55.328Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T18:27:19.388Z

Link: CVE-2026-22784

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-12T18:55:50.794Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-12T19:16:04.127

Modified: 2026-01-16T18:39:42.707

Link: CVE-2026-22784

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-18T07:00:11Z

Weaknesses