// vulnerability record
cached · NVD via COSMOS syncCVE-2026-73046
CRITICALpublished 2026-08-15 22:16 UTC · 2 days ago · modified 2026-08-17 18:18 UTC
// description
SiYuan before v3.7.4 improperly restricts excessive authentication attempts in the CheckAuth() middleware. The HTTP Basic Authentication branch, which guards nearly the entire /api/* surface, accepts the workspace access code (Conf.AccessAuthCode) as the Basic Auth password but never consults the CAPTCHA/lockout gate or increments the failure counter used by the cookie/session login path. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to brute-force the admin access code with unlimited automated requests and obtain full RoleAdministrator access to the kernel. A secondary weakness exists because the access code is compared using a non-constant-time string comparison.
// weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-307