CVE-2026-66012 PUBLISHED

SiYuan before v3.7.2 Unauthenticated Administrator Takeover via MCP

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 23.07.2026 Published: 25.07.2026 Updated: 25.07.2026

SiYuan before v3.7.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the POST /mcp kernel endpoint, which is gated only by a general auth check (model.CheckAuth) with no admin-role or read-only enforcement. This exposes 31 MCP tools, including a file tool with list/read/write/delete/rename/copy actions across the entire workspace. When the Publish server is enabled in anonymous mode (Conf.Publish.Enable=true and Conf.Publish.Auth.Enable=false), the Publish reverse proxy attaches an anonymous RoleReader JWT to proxied requests, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to reach /mcp. The attacker can read conf/conf.json to extract accessAuthCode, api.token, and cookieKey in plaintext, write arbitrary files in the workspace, and plant a plugin into data/plugins/ that executes with nodeIntegration:true and no contextIsolation on the next desktop launch, leading to administrator takeover.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor siyuan-note
Product siyuan
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.7.2 (excl.)
  • Version 3.7.2 is unaffected

Credits

  • hypnguyen1209 reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Missing Authorization CWE