Trilium Notes is Vulnerable to Brute-force Protection Bypass via Initial Sync Seed Retrieval

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title Trilium Notes is Vulnerable to Brute-force Protection Bypass via Initial Sync Seed Retrieval
Type cve
Published 2025-08-05T00:14:33.857Z
Modified 2025-08-05T00:14:33.857Z

Product Information

Vendor TriliumNext
Product Trilium
Version < 0.97.0

CVSS Information

Base Score 7.5 (HIGH)
Attack Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

AI Analysis

AI Description Trilium Notes has a brute-force protection bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to guess login passwords without rate limiting. This is particularly concerning as Trilium can be exposed to the internet. The issue is fixed in version 0.97.0.
AI Severity High
AI Vendor TriliumNext
AI Product Trilium Notes
AI Version < 0.97.0

Affected Products

  • TriliumNext Trilium < 0.97.0

Additional Information

CWE List CWE-307
Source GitHub_M

Description

Trilium Notes is an open-source, cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases. In versions below 0.97.0, a brute-force protection bypass in the initial sync seed retrieval endpoint allows unauthenticated attackers to guess the login password without triggering rate limiting. Trilium is a single-user app without a username requirement, and brute-force protection bypass makes exploitation much more feasible. Multiple features provided by Trilium (e.g. MFA, share notes, custom request handler) indicate that Trilium can be exposed to the internet. This is fixed in version 0.97.0.

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