CVE-2026-40322CWE-79CWE-94

SiYuan: Mermaid `javascript:` Link Injection Leads to Stored XSS and Electron RCE

Critical · published April 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge management system. In versions 3.6.3 and below, Mermaid diagrams are rendered with securityLevel set to "loose", and the resulting SVG is injected into the DOM via innerHTML. This allows attacker-controlled javascript: URLs in Mermaid code blocks to survive into the rendered output. On desktop builds using Electron, windows are created with nodeIntegration enabled and contextIsolation disabled, escalating the stored XSS to arbitrary code execution when a victim opens a note containing a malicious Mermaid block and clicks the rendered diagram node. This issue has been fixed in version 3.6.4.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00525 · 43.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'); CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-04-16T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 APR 23:00Z
    SiYuan: Mermaid `javascript:` Link Injection Leads to Stored XSS and Electron RCE
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