SiYuan 3.7.0 before 3.8.10 on Windows contains a path traversal vulnerability in kernel/util/webfetch.go that allows attackers to write…
CVE-2026-126776
SiYuan 3.7.0 before 3.8.10 on Windows contains a path traversal vulnerability in kernel/util/webfetch.go that allows attackers to write files outside the import directory via backslash-encoded filenames. Attackers controlling a URL fetched by the MCP webfetch or httprequest tools can use %5C-encoded ..\ sequences to write chosen response bytes to directories above temp/import that are writable by the SiYuan user.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 6 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 11 November 2026
- Last updated
- 11 November 2026
- Affected
- siyuan-note · SiYuan
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-hq2c-hh95-vrr6
- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/commit/94d6a42a0362c0a6938a29ab84addb1fe0aca21c
- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/releases/tag/v3.8.10
- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/blob/v3.7.0/kernel/util/webfetch.go#L155
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/siyuan-3.7.0-before-3.8.10-path-traversal-file-write-via-mcp-web-fetch
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