CVE-2026-73041 PUBLISHED

SiYuan before v3.7.4 Remote Code Execution via PDF Annotations

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.08.2026 Published: 15.08.2026 Updated: 15.08.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.4

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	High
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	High
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	siyuan-note
Product	siyuan
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 3.7.4 (excl.) Version 3.7.4 is unaffected

Credits

Shirshakhtml reporter

References

Problem Types

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE