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CVE-2026-40318: siyuan · Path Traversal: '../filedir

Affects siyuanSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High : upgrade to 3.6.4 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:34 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.6.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade siyuan and siyuan-note/siyuan to 3.6.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
siyuan-notesiyuanAffected
  • <3.6.4
Fixed in
  • 3.6.4
GitHubsiyuan-note/siyuanpkg:github/siyuan-note/siyuanOther threatsAffected
  • <3.6.4
Fixed in
  • 3.6.4

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AI-suggested

Upgrade SiYuan to version 3.6.4 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. Since this is a self-hosted application, users must apply the update manually. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's versioning information. No additional mitigations are specified.

Description

SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. In versions 3.6.3 and prior, the /api/av/removeUnusedAttributeView endpoint constructs a filesystem path using the user-controlled id parameter without validation or path boundary enforcement. An attacker can inject path traversal sequences such as ../ into the id value to escape the intended directory and delete arbitrary .json files on the server, including global configuration files and workspace metadata. This issue has been fixed in version 3.6.4.

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