dbcve.org
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)Weakness · CWE-79

CVE-2026-44588

CRITICAL · 9.4 CVSS v4.0 Published 2026-05-14
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
See remediation →
100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. Prior to 3.7.0, he tooltip mouseover handler in app/src/block/popover.ts reads aria-label via getAttribute and passes it through decodeURIComponent before assigning to messageElement.innerHTML in app/src/dialog/tooltip.ts:41. The encoder used at the producer side, escapeAriaLabel in app/src/util/escape.ts:19-25, only handles HTML special characters (", ', <, literal &lt;) — it leaves %XX URL-escapes untouched. So a doc title containing %3Cimg src=x onerror=...%3E round-trips through escapeAriaLabel and the HTML attribute layer unmodified. Then decodeURIComponent on the consumer side converts %3C to a literal < character (a real <, NOT a character reference). When that string is assigned to innerHTML, the HTML5 tokenizer enters TagOpenState on the literal <, parses the <img> element, and the onerror handler fires. Because the renderer runs with nodeIntegration: true, contextIsolation: false, webSecurity: false (app/electron/main.js:407-411), require('child_process') is reachable from the injected handler, escalating to arbitrary code execution.This vulnerability is fixed in 3.7.0.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

An XSS vulnerability in SiYuan's tooltip handler allows URL-encoded HTML (%3Cimg src=x onerror=...%3E) in aria-labels to be decoded via decodeURIComponent and then directly assigned to innerHTML without sanitization. Combined with insecure Electron settings (nodeIntegration:true, contextIsolation:false, webSecurity:false), this enables arbitrary code execution via require('child_process') in the injected handler.

MitigationUpgrade to SiYuan version 3.7.0 or later which fixes the encoding/decoding chain. Additionally, harden Electron security settings by disabling nodeIntegration and enabling contextIsolation.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
Authentication
X
User interaction
A
Scope
X

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed SiYuan version
    Open SiYuan and go to Help > About to view the application version, or use system package management tools to query the installed package version
    Affected if Version is earlier than 3.7.0
  2. Locate Electron main configuration
    Find the main.js, preload.js, or window configuration file within the SiYuan installation directory (typically under resources/ or within the app.asar archive)
    Affected if Configuration file cannot be located for inspection
  3. Inspect nodeIntegration setting
    Open the Electron configuration file and search for the nodeIntegration parameter to determine its value
    Affected if nodeIntegration is set to true
  4. Inspect contextIsolation setting
    Open the same configuration file and search for the contextIsolation parameter to determine its value
    Affected if contextIsolation is set to false or is absent (defaulting to insecure behavior)
  5. Inspect webSecurity setting
    Search for the webSecurity parameter in the configuration file to check its value
    Affected if webSecurity is set to false

Environment is affected if SiYuan version is below 3.7.0 AND any of the insecure Electron settings (nodeIntegration:true, contextIsolation:false, webSecurity:false) are present.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade to SiYuan version 3.7.0 or later which fixes the encoding/decoding chain. Additionally, harden Electron security settings by disabling nodeIntegration and enabling contextIsolation.

Recommended fix High confidence

3.7.0

  1. Download SiYuan version 3.7.0 or later from the official GitHub releases repository
  2. Upgrade your existing SiYuan installation to version 3.7.0

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
Get help mitigating

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $3,088.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2026-44588 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

Get it on GitHub Scan in the browser

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-44588 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data