CVE-2026-72789

HIGH
Published August 12, 2026

SiYuan before v3.7.4 fails to properly validate publish access for encrypted notebooks, treating them as publicly accessible by default. Anonymous readers can enumerate and retrieve fully decrypted document content from unlocked encrypted notebooks through the publish API without authentication or...

Full CISO analysis pending enrichment.

How severe is it?

CVSS 3.1
8.6 / 10
EPSS
N/A
Exploitation Status
No known exploitation
Sophistication
N/A

What is the attack surface?

AV AC PR UI S C I A
AV Network
AC Low
PR None
UI None
S Changed
C High
I None
A None

What should I do?

No patch available

Monitor for updates. Consider compensating controls or temporary mitigations.

Which compliance frameworks are affected?

Compliance analysis pending. Sign in for full compliance mapping when available.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-72789?

SiYuan before v3.7.4 fails to properly validate publish access for encrypted notebooks, treating them as publicly accessible by default. Anonymous readers can enumerate and retrieve fully decrypted document content from unlocked encrypted notebooks through the publish API without authentication or key material.

Is CVE-2026-72789 actively exploited?

No confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-72789 has been reported, but organizations should still patch proactively.

How to fix CVE-2026-72789?

No patch is currently available. Monitor vendor advisories for updates.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72789?

CVE-2026-72789 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

What are the technical details?

Original Advisory

SiYuan before v3.7.4 fails to properly validate publish access for encrypted notebooks, treating them as publicly accessible by default. Anonymous readers can enumerate and retrieve fully decrypted document content from unlocked encrypted notebooks through the publish API without authentication or key material.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization: The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

  • [Architecture and Design] Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries. Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
  • [Architecture and Design] Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor [REF-7].

Source: MITRE CWE corpus.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Timeline

Published
August 12, 2026
Last Modified
August 12, 2026
First Seen
August 12, 2026