Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-73041SiYuan before v3.7.4 Remote Code Execution via PDF Annotations
Critical 9.0
In plain English
A critical-severity cross-site scripting in siyuan from siyuan-note. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
SiYuan versions before v3.7.4 fail to validate or escape annotation fields written to disk by the setFileAnnotation endpoint. Attackers can inject malicious markup into annotation fields that execute as script in the PDF renderer with full Node.js access when a user opens an annotated PDF.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| siyuan-note | siyuan | 0 – before 3.7.4 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-fqpw-c3pj-w8g9) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: SiYuan before v3.7.4 Remote Code Execution via PDF Annotations third-party-advisory