SiYuan before v3.7.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the file upload validation flow that fails to escape filenames before inserting them into HTML via insertAdjacentHTML. Attackers can craft a malicious filename containing script payloads that execute with full OS command access when a user drags, drops, or pastes the file into the editor.
CVE-2026-74902
Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.6
- EG Score
- 8.6(high)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
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 computedSeverity86% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 18, 2026
Last Modified
August 18, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Aug 18, 2026SiYuan before v3.7.4 XSS-to-RCE via malicious filename upload | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/siyuan-before-xss-to-rce-via-malicious-filename-uploadXSS-to-RCE via malicious filename in the upload/drag-drop validation flow (app/src/protyle/upload/index.ts), reflected unescaped into showMessage's insertAdjacentHTML sink · Advisory · siyuan-note/siyuan · GitHub
https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-jf56-jrhq-j2qpVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74902(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 17× 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.
- 2026-08-21 05:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 05:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 17:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-20 04:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-20 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 15:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 14:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 14:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 12:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 11:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 11:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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