What is CVE-2026-32938?

CVE-2026-32938 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Siyuan-note Siyuan, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-32938?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Siyuan-note Siyuan

CVE-2026-32938

SiYuan is a personal knowledge management system. In versions 3.6.0 and below, the /api/lute/html2BlockDOM on the desktop copies local files pointed to by file:// links in pasted HTML into the workspace assets directory without validating…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.003 (53.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Siyuan-note Siyuan — versions < 3.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-fq2j-j8hc-8vw8 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/commit/294b8b429dea152cd1df522cddf406054c1619ad (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/releases/tag/v3.6.1 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32938?: CVE-2026-32938 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Siyuan-note Siyuan, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-32938?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.