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8.1

SiYuan Personal Knowledge Management System: Unauthorized Attribute Deletions

CVE-2026-40259
Summary

SiYuan versions 3.6.3 and below allow authenticated users to delete any attribute view without permission, which could break the system's database views and render workspaces unusable. This is fixed in version 3.6.4. Update to the latest version to prevent unauthorized deletions.

Original title
SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. In versions 3.6.3 and below, the /api/av/removeUnusedAttributeView endpoint is protected only by generic authentication that accepts p...
Original description
SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. In versions 3.6.3 and below, the /api/av/removeUnusedAttributeView endpoint is protected only by generic authentication that accepts publish-service RoleReader tokens. The handler passes a caller-controlled id directly to a model function that unconditionally deletes the corresponding attribute view file from the workspace without verifying that the caller has write privileges or that the target attribute view is actually unused. An authenticated publish-service reader can permanently delete arbitrary attribute view definitions by extracting publicly exposed data-av-id values from published content, causing breakage of database views and workspace rendering until manually restored. This issue has been fixed in version 3.6.4.
nvd CVSS3.1 8.1
Vulnerability type
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Published: 16 Apr 2026 · Updated: 16 Apr 2026 · First seen: 16 Apr 2026