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CVE-2026-73046: siyuan · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Affects siyuanSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical : upgrade to 3.7.4 as a priority.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
9.3Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 56% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.7.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Aug 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 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade siyuan and siyuan-note/siyuan to 3.7.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
siyuan-notesiyuanAffected
  • <3.7.4
Fixed in
  • 3.7.4
GitHubsiyuan-note/siyuanpkg:github/siyuan-note/siyuanOther threatsAffected
  • <3.7.4
Fixed in
  • 3.7.4

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict access to the /api/* endpoints through network controls or reverse proxies to limit exposure. Monitor for unusual authentication attempts and consider implementing external rate limiting or CAPTCHA mechanisms if possible.

Description

SiYuan before v3.7.4 improperly restricts excessive authentication attempts in the CheckAuth() middleware. The HTTP Basic Authentication branch, which guards nearly the entire /api/* surface, accepts the workspace access code (Conf.AccessAuthCode) as the Basic Auth password but never consults the CAPTCHA/lockout gate or increments the failure counter used by the cookie/session login path. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to brute-force the admin access code with unlimited automated requests and obtain full RoleAdministrator access to the kernel. A secondary weakness exists because the access code is compared using a non-constant-time string comparison.

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