SiYuan-Note SiYuan up to 3.8.0 preInit hook uncontrolled search path

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SiYuan-Note SiYuan. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component preInit hook. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-82649. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in SiYuan-Note SiYuan and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component preInit hook. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SiYuan Windows installer before version 3.8.1 (affected versions >= 2.0.14) contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in its NSIS installer, which invokes system executables such as TASKKILL by name rather than by absolute path. Because NSIS nsExec::Exec resolves these calls using a search path that includes the installer's own launch directory ahead of System32, an attacker who plants a malicious executable (e.g., a renamed TASKKILL.exe) in that directory can have it executed when the installer runs. These calls occur in electron-builder's preInit hook before the license page is displayed, and with an all-users (elevated) install the planted binary executes with an elevated token, resulting in local privilege escalation.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-82649 since 08/30/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• SiYuan-Note

Name

• SiYuan

Version

• 3.1.16
• 3.5.4-dev2
• 3.7.1
• 3.7.2
• 3.7.3
• 3.7.4
• 3.8.0

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• Product: https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/

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