SiYuan: Second-order SSTI to arbitrary SQL via attribute-view template column (queryBlocks): malicious imported package executes SQL on victim kernel

**CVE:** This vulnerability corresponds to [CVE-2026-72807](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72807). ### Summary Attribute-view (AV) template columns are live-evaluated on every render and expose the `queryBlocks` template function, which runs raw SQL on the read-write database handle (`SelectBlocksRawStmt`, using `?`→argument string substitution rather than parameter binding). AV mutations are admin-gated, so this is not directly reader-injectable but it is a second-order vector: an attacker distributes a SiYuan document or AV package whose template column contains `.action{queryBlocks "<arbitrary SQL>"}` when a victim imports the package and renders the AV, the attacker's SQL executes on the victim's kernel (read and, via statement stacking, write). ### Details Doc-level `{{…}}` templates are rendered at insert-time and become static, so they are not re-evaluated on reader view. The residual is AV template columns, which are live-evaluated at render. `queryBlocks` passes its argument to `SelectBlocksRawStmt` with `?`→arg string substitution, not a bound parameter, on the main read-write handle (`88250/go-sqlite3` fork, statement-stacking capable) so an attacker-controlled template argument becomes arbitrary SQL. The SSTI surface is otherwise hardened: `BuiltInTemplateFuncs` deletes `env`, `expandenv`, and `getHostByName` so there is no environment/host/file/exec SSTI. `queryBlocks`-to-SQL is the remaining live-evaluated sink. ### Proof of Concept An AV template column set to `.action{queryBlocks "<sql>"}` executes `<sql>` against the read-write handle when the AV is rendered. Delivered second-order: a shared/imported document or AV package carrying such a column runs the embedded SQL on any kernel that imports and renders it. ### Proof of Concept Reproduced on a live instance. **1. Host doc + AV (admin, 6806):** ``` POST /api/filetree/createDocWithMd {notebook, path:"/ssti-poc", markdown:"host"} → DOC POST /api/av/renderAttributeView {id:"<AV>"} # materializes the AV ``` **2. Plant the malicious template column (one performTransactions call):** ```json {"reqId":1,"session":"poc","transactions":[{"doOperations":[ {"action":"addAttrViewCol","avID":"<AV>","id":"<COL>","name":"tpl","type":"template"}, {"action":"updateAttrViewColTemplate","avID":"<AV>","id":"<COL>","type":"template", "data":".action{range queryBlocks \"SELECT * FROM blocks WHERE root_id='<PROTECTED_DOC_ID>'\"}.action{.Markdown} .action{end}"}, {"action":"insertAttrViewBlock","avID":"<AV>","isDetached":true} ]}]} ``` **3. Trigger (render evaluates the template):** ``` POST /api/av/renderAttributeView {id:"<AV>"} ``` Result: the template cell renders `## LockedSection TOP_SECRET…` the `queryBlocks` SQL executed and returned the password-protected document's content, arbitrary SQL via template reading across the publish/password boundary. `queryBlocks` uses `?`→arg string substitution (not parameterized), so UNION and stacked writes are also possible. Delivered second-order, the same column executes on any kernel that imports and renders the AV. ### Impact An attacker who gets a victim to import a crafted document/AV package and render it achieves arbitrary SQL execution on the victim's kernel cross-notebook read and via stacking, write. Precondition is content delivery plus render (import of an attacker-supplied package), which bounds severity to Medium. Not directly reachable by an anonymous reader (AV creation is admin-gated); the injection travels in stored/imported template content. ### Suggested fix Parameterize `queryBlocks` bind the argument rather than substituting it into the SQL string or restrict the template function set available in AV columns as was done for the doc-template functions. Treat imported template content as untrusted at render time.

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3 Sep 2026 22:49:30 UTC

Source modified

10 Sep 2026 15:25:42 UTC

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24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC

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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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