High severity7.6NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2026· Updated Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-100638
CVE-2026-100638
Description
SiYuan versions before v3.8.4 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the setNotebookIcon endpoint that allows authenticated administrators to create arbitrary directory trees and write files outside the workspace boundary. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences in the notebook parameter to escape the workspace data directory and write conf.json files to arbitrary locations accessible by the kernel process.
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Affected products
1- Range: <3.8.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2News mentions
1- Siyuan Note: Batch of 14 High/Medium Severity Vulnerabilities Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Sep 26, 2026