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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-74801 EUVD-2026-60084GHSA-pmhp-gmf7-7vhj

SiYuan before 3.7.4 Local Privilege Escalation via elevator.exe

Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
siyuan-note siyuan < 3.7.4 3.7.4

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