SiYuan 3.6.0 before 3.8.7 Cleartext Transmission via Unenforced networkServeTLS Setting
SiYuan 3.6.0 before 3.8.7 accepts and persists the networkServeTLS setting but never enforces it, so the kernel port keeps serving full API access over plain HTTP alongside HTTPS. Network-adjacent attackers can sniff the cleartext login flow and session cookie, which lacks the Secure attribute while responses omit HSTS, to hijack kernel API sessions.
- Products
- siyuan
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-116166
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 17:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
SiYuan 3.6.0 before 3.8.7 Cleartext Transmission via Unenforced networkServeTLS Setting
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 25 Oct 2026, 13:20 UTC
SiYuan 3.6.0 before 3.8.7 accepts and persists the networkServeTLS setting but never enforces it, so the kernel port keeps serving full API access over plain HTTP alongside HTTPS. Network-adjacent attackers can sniff the cleartext login flow and session cookie, which lacks the Secure attribute while responses omit HSTS, to hijack kernel API sessions.
cve:CVE-2026-116166
siyuan
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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