# CVE-2026-45147: SiYuan: Broken access control in SiYuan \`/api/tag/getTag\` — Reader role can mutate \`Conf.Tag.Sort\` and persist to disk

- Also known as: GHSA-6R88-8V7Q-Q4P2, GO-2026-5188
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.0, 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d
- Published: 2026-05-14 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- siyuan-note siyuan: fixed in 3.7.0
- github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d

## Description

SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. Prior to 3.7.0, POST /api/tag/getTag is registered with model.CheckAuth only, omitting both model.CheckAdminRole and model.CheckReadonly, despite the handler performing a configuration write that is normally guarded by both. Any authenticated user — including publish-service RoleReader accounts and RoleEditor accounts on a read-only workspace — can call this endpoint with a sort argument to mutate model.Conf.Tag.Sort and trigger model.Conf.Save(), which atomically rewrites the entire workspace conf.json. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.7.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on siyuan-note siyuan, github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.0, 0.0.0-20260512140701-d7b77d945e0d) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-6r88-8v7q-q4p2

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