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CVE-2026-4177
CRITICAL9.1
Description
YAML::Syck versions through 1.36 for Perl has several potential security vulnerabilities including a high-severity heap buffer overflow in the YAML emitter. The heap overflow occurs when class names exceed the initial 512-byte allocation. The base64 decoder could read past the buffer end on trailing newlines. strtok mutated n->type_id in place, corrupting shared node data. A memory leak occurred in syck_hdlr_add_anchor when a node already had an anchor. The incoming anchor string 'a' was leaked on early return.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score9.1
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published3/16/2026
Last Modified3/23/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
toddr:yaml\
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-122
References
https://github.com/cpan-authors/YAML-Syck/commit/e8844a31c8cf0052914b198fc784ed4e6b8ae69e.patch(9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)
https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/YAML-Syck-1.37_01/changes#L21(9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/16/6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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