# CVE-2026-68586: SiYuan before v3.7.3 Content Disclosure via getBacklinkDoc

- Also known as: GO-2026-6379, GHSA-36V8-MPJM-8J5R
- Severity: CVSS 9.2 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.3, 0.0.0-20260721014413-f45749a7ef6e
- Published: 2026-08-03 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- siyuan-note siyuan: fixed in 3.7.3
- github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260721014413-f45749a7ef6e

## Description

SiYuan before v3.7.3 fails to apply publish-access filters to the getBacklinkDoc and getBackmentionDoc content endpoints (/api/ref/getBacklinkDoc and /api/ref/getBackmentionDoc). While the corresponding backlink list endpoints filter publish-forbidden documents, the content endpoints (gated only by CheckAuth) do not. A publish-mode reader — including an anonymous reader when publish Basic Auth is disabled — can call these endpoints directly with a publish-forbidden document's ID to retrieve its rendered DOM content and to determine whether the document references a given block (a reference-existence oracle).

## 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 (3.7.3, 0.0.0-20260721014413-f45749a7ef6e) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-36v8-mpjm-8j5r
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/siyuan-before-content-disclosure-via-getbacklinkdoc

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