GHSA-53fp-9jmv-227g CVE-2026-73607 GO-2026-6624
SiYuan: Outline state for any document, including documents forbidden to readers, is returned by /api/storage/getOutlineStorage with no access check
- Severity
- 6.9 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 4.0
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.25%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 16.71% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Fix
0.0.0-20260812083335-251596fc0de2- Upgrade github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel to this version or later
Description
Summary
/api/storage/getOutlineStorage is registered with CheckAuth only and performs no authorization of any kind. Given a document identifier it returns that document's stored outline state, regardless of the document's publish tier.
The two write endpoints for the same data, setOutlineStorage and removeOutlineStorage, both carry CheckAdminRole and CheckReadonly. Only the read path is unguarded.
Details
Routes. kernel/api/router.go:103 on master, :108 on the development branch:
ginServer.Handle("POST", "/api/storage/getOutlineStorage", model.CheckAuth, getOutlineStorage)
ginServer.Handle("POST", "/api/storage/setOutlineStorage", model.CheckAuth, model.CheckAdminRole, model.CheckReadonly, setOutlineStorage)
ginServer.Handle("POST", "/api/storage/removeOutlineStorage", model.CheckAuth, model.CheckAdminRole, model.CheckReadonly, removeOutlineStorage)
Handler. kernel/api/storage.go:466 on the development branch, :469 on master, identical. It binds docID and calls model.GetOutlineStorage(docID), which iterates the stored outline documents and returns the entry whose DocID matches. There is no filter function on this path at all: no *gin.Context, no publish-access check, no password check, no visibility check. The caller supplies the identifier and receives the payload.
What is stored. type OutlineDoc { DocID string; Data map[string]any }. The client writes it from app/src/layout/dock/Outline.ts:742:
fetchPost("/api/storage/setOutlineStorage", {
docID: this.blockId,
val: { expandIds: this.tree.getExpandIds() }
});
So the payload is the set of heading block identifiers the administrator has expanded in the outline pane for that document. Secondarily, an empty result versus a populated one indicates whether the administrator has ever worked with that document's outline.
Not covered by the local-storage fix. Commit 4daee87d4 addressed getLocalStorage, getLocalStorageVal, getLocalStorageVals and FilterLocalStorageByPublishAccess. The word "outline" does not appear in that diff. That filter was under-inclusive; this endpoint has no filter to be under-inclusive.
Proof of Concept
Kernel 3.7.2, publish mode on port 6808, Publish.Auth.Enable false, anonymous client with no auth header.
An administrator wrote outline state through the authenticated port:
POST /api/storage/setOutlineStorage
{"docID":"<doc id>","val":{"openIDs":["<heading id>","<heading id>"]}}
→ {"code":0,"msg":"","data":null}
The same value read back anonymously:
POST http://127.0.0.1:6808/api/storage/getOutlineStorage
{"docID":"<doc id>"}
→ {"code":0,"msg":"","data":{"openIDs":["<heading id>","<heading id>"]}}
With that document set to the forbidden tier, on the same anonymous session:
| Endpoint | Result |
|---|---|
getDoc (control) |
protyle-password--forbidden placeholder, content withheld |
getOutlineStorage |
full payload returned |
The control establishes that the session is correctly denied the document itself.
Impact
An anonymous reader in publish mode, or any publish RoleReader, retrieves the administrator's outline state for any document whose identifier they hold, including documents in the forbidden tier that the publish filters otherwise withhold entirely. The disclosed values are heading block identifiers, usable as input to other endpoints, and the presence or absence of an entry indicates whether the administrator has worked with that document.
No document text is returned. Confidentiality only.
Suggested fix
Gate the read path as the write paths already are. Either add CheckAdminRole and CheckReadonly at the route, matching setOutlineStorage and removeOutlineStorage, or pass *gin.Context into GetOutlineStorage and apply checkBlockTreeAccessableByPublishAccess against the requested docID before returning anything.
Affected versions
Go
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel | < 0.0.0-20260812083335-251596fc0de2 |
0.0.0-20260812083335-251596fc0de2 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel Go → 0.0.0-20260812083335-251596fc0de2
- go
go get github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel@v0.0.0-20260812083335-251596fc0de2 && go mod tidy
Severity breakdown
CVSS 4.0 6.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/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
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
- Low
- Integrity (vulnerable system)
- None
- Availability (vulnerable system)
- None
- Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
- Low
- Integrity (subsequent systems)
- None
- Availability (subsequent systems)
- None
- Exploit maturity
- Not defined
- Scope
- X
CVSS 3.1 5.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries. Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
- Architecture and Design: Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor [REF-7].
- Architecture and Design: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
- Architecture and Design: For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page. One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
- System Configuration, Installation: Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a "default deny" policy when defining these ACLs.
References
Advisories
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Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-xp3q-r38w-vgqm SiYuan: The publish filter for local storage returns the administrator's entire storage map with only three keys sanitized | Medium | Also affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel |
| GHSA-9cqf-hhrq-7v45 SiYuan: getAttributeViewSearchTarget returns database row content to anonymous readers with no publish-access check, reopening the class closed one day earlier at the adjacent route | High | Also affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel |
| GHSA-57v5-wqx3-cgj4 SiYuan: Database view structure (all view names, layout types and per-field visibility) is returned to anonymous readers by /api/av/getAttributeViewFieldViews | Medium | Also affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel |
| GHSA-4wwp-f6gw-6qm5 SiYuan: TLS Private Keys Readable via getFile (Incomplete Blocklist) | High | Also affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel |
| GHSA-3cm4-ccvw-6xr6 SiYuan: /history/*path and /repo/diff/*path potentially exposing historical snapshots of data/.siyuan/publishAccess.json and data/templates/* | Medium | Also affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel |
| GHSA-x8gv-g2g3-65fj SiYuan Agent Tools SSRF via DNS-Rebinding TOCTOU (Bypass of CheckHostSSRF) | High | Also affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel |
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| GHSA-rpx2-p6hp-x5gj SiYuan: Missing consistency check between packageName and repoURL/repoHash in bazaar package install allows overwriting an existing, trusted plugin | Medium | Also affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel |
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