Authenticated denial of service via unbounded sessions
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Resource exhaustion in SiYuan before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through repeated Basic Auth requests. The publish-service Basic Auth handler inserts a fresh session object for every successful request, while its global registry enforces no expiry or capacity bound. Possession of a valid publish credential and network access to the service are required; sustained requests retain sessions, grow process memory indefinitely, and degrade availability.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in SiYuan before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through repeated Basic Auth requests. The publish-service Basic Auth handler inserts a fresh session object for every successful request, while its global registry enforces no expiry or capacity bound. Possession of a valid publish credential and network access to the service are required; sustained requests retain sessions, grow process memory indefinitely, and degrade availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-85582
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- SiYuan Note
- Product
- SiYuan
- Classifications
- CWE-770, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.8.2
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-f4vj-ppp2-5hg4 bounded reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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