CVE•Published 2026-08-17•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-74801
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
19
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 81% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-17
Modified 2026-08-26
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-74801Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-74801Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2026-74801Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-74801GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-74801" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.