CVE-2026-40322 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-40322: SiYuan: Mermaid `javascript:` Link Injection Leads to Stored XSS and Electron RCE

Vendor Siyuan-Note
Product siyuan
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 16, 2026
Last update April 17, 2026

CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

Description

SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. In versions 3.6.3 and below, Mermaid diagrams are rendered with securityLevel set to "loose", and the resulting SVG is injected into the DOM via innerHTML. This allows attacker-controlled javascript: URLs in Mermaid code blocks to survive into the rendered output. On desktop builds using Electron, windows are created with nodeIntegration enabled and contextIsolation disabled, escalating the stored XSS to arbitrary code execution when a victim opens a note containing a malicious Mermaid block and clicks the rendered diagram node. This issue has been fixed in version 3.6.4.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

April 16, 2026 CVE published
April 17, 2026 Record updated