High severity · published Sep 26, 2026
CVE-2026-100646
SiYuan before v3.8.4 Authentication Bypass via Missing Origin Header
8.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SiYuan is a self-hosted personal knowledge management system. In versions up to and including 3.8.3, the kernel's authentication guards (CheckAuth in kernel/model/session.go and IsSessionOriginAllowed in kernel/util/net.go) fail open when the HTTP Origin header is absent, on the incorrect assumption that any browser-initiated cross-site request carries an Origin. Because browsers omit Origin on cross-site top-level GET navigations and no-cors GET subresource loads — and the session cookie is SameSite=Lax — a single cross-site GET issued from any attacker-controlled web page is granted RoleAdministrator, both on default installations with no access-authorization code and on password-protected instances with a live session. Combined with content-type sniffing on the /api/network/proxy endpoint, which allows attacker-controlled HTML to be served under SiYuan's own origin, this permits an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary script in the SiYuan origin (http://127.0.0.1:6806), invoke administrator APIs, and exfiltrate the persistent kernel API token. This issue is fixed in version 3.8.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SI
siyuan · siyuan-note
before 3.8.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100646
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100646
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-2w6q-wgc8-q743
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/siyuan-before-3.8.4-authentication-bypass-via-missing-origin-header
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