Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-75917SiYuan before v3.7.4 XSS-to-RCE via pathName.ts

High 8.6

In plain English

A high-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 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.6High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SiYuan before v3.7.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the file-tree picker's hover-tooltip generation (app/src/util/pathName.ts, getLeaf()/movePathTo()) used by the 'move/link to' path-selection dialogs, where document metadata fields (bookmark, alias, memo, and an alternate name field) are concatenated into the aria-label HTML attribute without escaping. A document crafted with a double quote in any of these fields breaks out of the attribute context and injects arbitrary HTML attributes including inline event handlers (e.g., onmouseover). Because every SiYuan Electron BrowserWindow runs with nodeIntegration:true, contextIsolation:false, and no CSP, the injected handler gains require('child_process') access, escalating the XSS to arbitrary OS command execution when a victim merely hovers over the malicious document entry in the path-picker dialog. Malicious documents reach victims via sharing, sync, or import.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
siyuan-note	siyuan	0 – before 3.7.4

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-jjq3-3942-x99r) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: SiYuan before v3.7.4 XSS-to-RCE via pathName.ts third-party-advisory