High severity8.7NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-74798
CVE-2026-74798
Description
SiYuan kernel before v3.7.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the database_clean MCP tool. The tool performs only an empty-string check on the id parameter before passing it to RemoveUnusedAttributeView (kernel/model/attribute_view.go), which builds a filesystem path via filepath.Join without validating that id matches SiYuan's node-ID format. An authenticated MCP client can supply path traversal sequences in id to cause the kernel to copy an arbitrary file readable by the process into SiYuan's history directory (arbitrary file read) and then delete the original file (arbitrary file deletion). The corresponding HTTP API handler was hardened in GHSA-7hm9-v7vf-7g4w, but this MCP caller was not.
Affected products
1- Range: <v3.7.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2News mentions
1- Siyuan Note: 25 Vulnerabilities Including RCE and Auth Bypass Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Aug 18, 2026