SiYuan has a Path Traversal in /export Endpoint Allows Arbitrary File Read and Secret Leakage
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-285.
Summary
SiYuan is a personal knowledge management system. Prior to 3.5.10, a path traversal vulnerability in the /export endpoint allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. By exploiting double‑encoded traversal sequences, an attacker can access sensitive files such as conf/conf.json, which contains secrets including the API token, cookie signing key, and workspace access authentication code. Leaking these secrets may enable administrative access to the SiYuan kernel API, and in certain deployment scenarios could potentially be chained into remote code execution (RCE). This vulnerability is fixed in 3.5.10.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| siyuan-note | siyuan | before 3.5.10 | 3.5.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) | before 3.5.10 | 3.5.10 | Patch available | GHSA-2h2p-mvfx-868w |
- siyuan Vendorsiyuan-note Affected before 3.5.10 Fixed in 3.5.10 Patch available CNA
- github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) Vendor— Affected before 3.5.10 Fixed in 3.5.10 Patch available GHSA-2h2p-mvfx-868w
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.5.10 | Vulnerable | siyuan-note |
- cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.5.10 Vulnerable ·siyuan-note
Remediation
- Fix · CNA siyuan (siyuan-note) Fixed in 3.5.10
- Fix · GHSA-2h2p-mvfx-868w github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) Fixed in 3.5.10 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-30869
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2h2p-mvfx-868w
- 2026-11-05 1 new reference · GHSA-2h2p-mvfx-868w
References
More siyuan-note Siyuan vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-30869 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-30869 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2h2p-mvfx-868w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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