SiYuan Note publish service authorization bypass allows low-privilege users to modify notebook content
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
SiYuan is a personal knowledge management system. Prior to 3.5.10, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the publish service of SiYuan Note that allows low-privilege publish accounts (RoleReader) to modify notebook content via the /api/block/appendHeadingChildren API endpoint. The endpoint requires only the model.CheckAuth role, which accepts RoleReader sessions, but it does not enforce stricter checks, such as CheckAdminRole or CheckReadonly. This allows remote authenticated publish users with read-only privileges to append new blocks to existing documents, compromising the integrity of stored notes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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) | up to 0.0.0-20260304035530-d03ebdec8279 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-f9cq-v43p-v523 |
- 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 up to 0.0.0-20260304035530-d03ebdec8279 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-f9cq-v43p-v523
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
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-30926
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f9cq-v43p-v523
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-2026-30926 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-30926 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f9cq-v43p-v523 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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