GHSA-84q8-8mw3-429hCriticalCVSS 9.8

SiYuan before v3.7.4 improperly restricts excessive authentication attempts in the CheckAuth()...

Published
August 16, 2026
Last Modified
August 16, 2026

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📋 Description

SiYuan before v3.7.4 improperly restricts excessive authentication attempts in the CheckAuth() middleware. The HTTP Basic Authentication branch, which guards nearly the entire /api/* surface, accepts the workspace access code (Conf.AccessAuthCode) as the Basic Auth password but never consults the CAPTCHA/lockout gate or increments the failure counter used by the cookie/session login path. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to brute-force the admin access code with unlimited automated requests and obtain full RoleAdministrator access to the kernel. A secondary weakness exists because the access code is compared using a non-constant-time string comparison.

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