{"id":"CVE-2026-86016","aliases":["EUVD-2026-100522","GHSA-vfhj-c636-h59x"],"status":"published","title":"VNote: Stored XSS via YAML Frontmatter Leading to Local File Read and Remote Exfiltration","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 4.3.0, VNote uses the assignment `preNode.innerHTML = p_metaData` in src/data/extra/web/js/markdownit.js to insert YAML frontmatter metadata into a pre element before the protectFromXss sanitization path runs. Opening an attacker-supplied Markdown note can therefore execute stored JavaScript in the file:// viewer context. Because QWebEngineSettings::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls enables local content to access remote URLs, the script can read reachable local note files and transmit their contents to a remote server without further interaction after the note is opened. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00278,"percentile":0.20325,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-10-13T19:15:21Z","modified":"2026-10-31T02:30:28Z","products":[{"vendor":"vnotex","product":"vnote"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/security/advisories/GHSA-vfhj-c636-h59x","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/7371efde531312eb24beb982fb5fdd73469cb171","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/releases/tag/v4.3.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/86xxx/CVE-2026-86016.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86016","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-86016","title":"VNote: Stored XSS via YAML Frontmatter Leading to Local File Read and Remote Exfiltration","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 4.3.0, VNote uses the assignment `preNode.innerHTML = p_metaData` in src/data/extra/web/js/markdownit.js to insert YAML frontmatter metadata into a pre element before the protectFromXss sanitization path runs. Opening an attacker-supplied Markdown note can therefore execute stored JavaScript in the file:// viewer context. Because QWebEngineSettings::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls enables local content to access remote URLs, the script can read reachable local note files and transmit their contents to a remote server without further interaction after the note is opened. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-13T19:15:21.682Z","modified":"2026-10-29T14:44:07.158Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:49:42.666099Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-100522","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 4.3.0, VNote uses the assignment `preNode.innerHTML = p_metaData` in src/data/extra/web/js/markdownit.js to insert YAML frontmatter metadata into a pre element before the protectFromXss sanitization path runs. Opening an attacker-supplied Markdown note can therefore execute stored JavaScript in the file:// viewer context. Because QWebEngineSettings::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls enables local content to access remote URLs, the script can read reachable local note files and transmit their contents to a remote server without further interaction after the note is opened. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-13T19:15:21Z","modified":"2026-10-29T14:44:07Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:59:16.484344Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-86016","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 4.3.0, VNote uses the assignment `preNode.innerHTML = p_metaData` in src/data/extra/web/js/markdownit.js to insert YAML frontmatter metadata into a pre element before the protectFromXss sanitization path runs. Opening an attacker-supplied Markdown note can therefore execute stored JavaScript in the file:// viewer context. Because QWebEngineSettings::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls enables local content to access remote URLs, the script can read reachable local note files and transmit their contents to a remote server without further interaction after the note is opened. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-13T20:18:55.303Z","modified":"2026-10-29T15:17:25.207Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:58.630796Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-86016","title":"VNote: Stored XSS via YAML Frontmatter Leading to Local File Read and Remote Exfiltration","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 4.3.0, VNote uses the assignment `preNode.innerHTML = p_metaData` in src/data/extra/web/js/markdownit.js to insert YAML frontmatter metadata into a pre element before the protectFromXss sanitization path runs. Opening an attacker-supplied Markdown note can therefore execute stored JavaScript in the file:// viewer context. Because QWebEngineSettings::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls enables local content to access remote URLs, the script can read reachable local note files and transmit their contents to a remote server without further interaction after the note is opened. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-13T19:15:21.682Z","modified":"2026-10-31T02:30:28.46141395Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:18.825071Z"}]}}