GHSA-f72r-2h5j-7639: SiYuan File Read API Case Sensitivity Bypass can Lead to Path Traversal

January 28, 2026

This is a path traversal/bypass vulnerability where case sensitivity differences between file systems can be exploited to access protected configuration files through the file read API.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-f72r-2h5j-7639
github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan
github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/commit/1f02650b3892d2ea3896242dd2422c30bda55e11
github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-f72r-2h5j-7639

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