9.2

CVE-2026-72794: siyuan-note siyuan Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 9.2v4.0CriticalDeferred
AliasesGHSA-34fj-mwm6-fjfgGO-2026-6420
Published 12-08-2026Last modified 14-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72794 is a critical (CVSS 9.2) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in siyuan-note siyuan. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.2/10
010
Critical · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21897-1SUSE-SU-2026:23855-1SUSE-SU-2026:23863-1

Timeline

  1. 12-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

siyuan versions before v3.7.4 expose the session cookie signing key through the /api/system/getConf endpoint to unauthenticated users in publish mode. Attackers can retrieve the CookieKey value and forge valid session cookies to impersonate users or gain administrative access.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.17 pp

From 0.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan1 product
  • kernel< 0.0.0-20260725123945-77421530be4a
Siyuan-note1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links