SiYuan: Cross-Origin RCE via Permissive CORS Policy and JavaScript Snippet Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
SiYuan is a personal knowledge management system. Prior to version 3.6.2, a malicious website can achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on any desktop running SiYuan by exploiting the permissive CORS policy (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * + Access-Control-Allow-Private-Network: true) to inject a JavaScript snippet via the API. The injected snippet executes in Electron's Node.js context with full OS access the next time the user opens SiYuan's UI. No user interaction is required beyond visiting the malicious website while SiYuan is running. This issue has been patched in version 3.6.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 3.6.2 | 3.6.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) | before 3.6.2 | 3.6.2 | Patch available | GHSA-68p4-j234-43mv |
- siyuan Vendorsiyuan-note Affected before 3.6.2 Fixed in 3.6.2 Patch available CNA
- github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) Vendor— Affected before 3.6.2 Fixed in 3.6.2 Patch available GHSA-68p4-j234-43mv
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.6.2 | Vulnerable | siyuan-note |
- cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.6.2 Vulnerable ·siyuan-note
Remediation
- Fix · CNA siyuan (siyuan-note) Fixed in 3.6.2
- Fix · GHSA-68p4-j234-43mv github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) Fixed in 3.6.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-34449
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68p4-j234-43mv
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
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-2026-34449 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-34449 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-68p4-j234-43mv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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