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TI-2025-42404 Aliases CVE-2025-68948

SiYuan: Information Disclosure and Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded Session Secret

Priority HIGH 70CWE-321Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321.

Summary

SiYuan is self-hosted, open source personal knowledge management software. In versions 3.5.1 and prior, the SiYuan Note application utilizes a hardcoded cryptographic secret for its session store. This unsafe practice renders the session encryption ineffective. Since the sensitive AccessAuthCode is stored within the session cookie, an attacker who intercepts or obtains a user's encrypted session cookie (e.g., via session hijacking) can locally decrypt it using the public key. Once decrypted, the attacker can retrieve the AccessAuthCode in plain text and use it to authenticate or take over the session.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00221 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
siyuan-notesiyuanup to 3.5.1—No fix listedCNA
  • siyuan Vendorsiyuan-note Affected up to 3.5.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.5.2Vulnerablesiyuan-note
  • cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.5.2 Vulnerable ·siyuan-note

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68948

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2026-26050 SiYuan has directory traversal within its publishing service CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-25256 SiYuan: Authorization Bypass Allows Arbitrary SQL Execution via Search API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-35827 A SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in Siyuan 3.1.11 in /getHistoryItems. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-35826 A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Siyuan 3.1.11 via the ids array parameter in /batchGetBlockAttrs. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-35825 A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Siyuan 3.1.11 via the id parameter at /getAssetContent. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-35824 A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Siyuan 3.1.11 via the notebook parameter in /searchHistory. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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