SiYuan is a personal knowledge management system. Versions prior to 3.5.4 contain a logic vulnerability in the /api/file/globalCopyFiles endpoint. The function allows authenticated users to copy files from any location on the server's filesystem into the application's workspace without proper path validation. The vulnerability exists in the api/file.go source code. The function globalCopyFiles accepts a list of source paths (srcs) from the JSON request body. While the code checks if the source file exists using filelock.IsExist(src), it fails to validate whether the source path resides within the authorized workspace directory. Version 3.5.4 patches the issue.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-94c7-g2fj-7682 SiYuan Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via File Copy Functionality
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History

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:15:00 +0900

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:45:00 +0900

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First Time appeared Siyuan
Siyuan siyuan
Vendors & Products Siyuan
Siyuan siyuan

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0900

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Description SiYuan is a personal knowledge management system. Versions prior to 3.5.4 contain a logic vulnerability in the /api/file/globalCopyFiles endpoint. The function allows authenticated users to copy files from any location on the server's filesystem into the application's workspace without proper path validation. The vulnerability exists in the api/file.go source code. The function globalCopyFiles accepts a list of source paths (srcs) from the JSON request body. While the code checks if the source file exists using filelock.IsExist(src), it fails to validate whether the source path resides within the authorized workspace directory. Version 3.5.4 patches the issue.
Title SiYuan Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via File Copy Functionality
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-20T20:05:11.018Z

Reserved: 2026-01-16T15:46:40.843Z

Link: CVE-2026-23851

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-20T19:37:07.607Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-19T20:15:49.670

Modified: 2026-01-19T20:15:49.670

Link: CVE-2026-23851

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-20T17:40:37Z

Weaknesses