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CVE-2026-4177

Critical · CVSS 9.1

YAML::Syck — Heap buffer overflow in YAML emitter / base64 decoder out-of-bounds read / strtok type_id corruption / memory leak (CWE-122, CWE-120)

CVSS
9.1
nvd
EPSS
KEV
No
Class
oss containerizable
CWE-122, CWE-120

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.

Search profile — drives PoC discovery

Symbols syck_hdlr_add_anchorstrtoktype_idn->type_idbase64 decoderYAML emitter512-byte allocationsyck_emitanchor
Keywords CVE-2026-4177YAML-SyckYAML::Syckheap buffer overflowPerl YAMLsyckYAML emitter overflowbase64 out-of-boundssyck_hdlr_add_anchor memory leakstrtok type_id corruptionYAML-Syck 1.36YAML-Syck 1.37
Versions: through 1.36

References

Status: enriched · ingested 2026-06-30T06:00:22.000Z · profiled 2026-07-01T12:30:14.000Z