CVE-2026-72789

HIGHPre-NVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-12. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Elevated
8.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

SiYuan before v3.7.4 fails to properly validate publish access for encrypted notebooks, treating them as publicly accessible by default. Anonymous readers can enumerate and retrieve fully decrypted document content from unlocked encrypted notebooks through the publish API without authentication or key material.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
8.6HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
70
EG Risk 70/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity86% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
40th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 12, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 12, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

SiYuan before v3.7.4 Authentication Bypass via Encrypted Notebooks | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/siyuan-before-authentication-bypass-via-encrypted-notebooks
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

The publish-access gate treats encrypted notebooks as publicly accessible by default, allowing anonymous readers to retrieve fully decrypted document content while a notebook is unlocked · Advisory · siyuan-note/siyuan · GitHub

https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-v684-q882-jgmq

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72789(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel—
  • every version up to 0.0.0-20260726020813-a25c2dd06aae: fixed in 0.0.0-20260726020813-a25c2dd06aae
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 51× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-10-05 14:45 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72789?
CVE-2026-72789 is a high vulnerability published on August 12, 2026. SiYuan before v3.7.4 fails to properly validate publish access for encrypted notebooks, treating them as publicly accessible by default. Anonymous readers can enumerate and retrieve fully decrypted document content from unlocked encrypted notebooks through the publish API without authentication or…
When was CVE-2026-72789 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72789 was first published on August 12, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72789 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72789 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (40th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72789?
CVE-2026-72789 has a CVSS base score of 8.6 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72789?
A fix for CVE-2026-72789 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-72789 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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