SiYuan: Stored XSS via Attribute View name to Electron renderer RCE in SiYuan
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79 and CWE-94.
Summary
SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. Prior to 3.7.0, the kernel stores Attribute View (AV / database) names without any HTML escape, then a render template uses raw strings.ReplaceAll(tpl, "${avName}", nodeAvName) to embed the name in HTML before pushing to all clients via WebSocket. Three independent client paths (render.ts:120 → outerHTML, Title.ts:401 → innerHTML, transaction.ts:559 → innerHTML) consume the value without escaping. Because the main BrowserWindow runs nodeIntegration:true, contextIsolation:false, webSecurity:false (app/electron/main.js:407-411), HTML injection in the renderer becomes Node.js code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.7.0.
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 3.7.0 | 3.7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) | before 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d | 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d | Patch available | GHSA-2h64-c999-c9r6 |
- siyuan Vendorsiyuan-note Affected before 3.7.0 Fixed in 3.7.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d Fixed in 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d Patch available GHSA-2h64-c999-c9r6
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | siyuan-note |
- cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·siyuan-note
Remediation
- Fix · CNA siyuan (siyuan-note) Fixed in 3.7.0
- Fix · GHSA-2h64-c999-c9r6 github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44670
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2h64-c999-c9r6
References
More siyuan-note vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-48492 SiYuan before v3.7.3 SQL Injection via searchDocs CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-48491 SiYuan before v3.7.3 SQL Injection via searchEmbedBlock CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-48490 SiYuan before v3.7.3 SQL Injection via fullTextSearchAssetContent CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-47010 SiYuan before v3.7.2 Unauthenticated Administrator Takeover via MCP CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-44670 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44670 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2h64-c999-c9r6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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