CVE-2026-57077

YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via an unbounded newline scan in newline_len

Published Jul 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via an unbounded newline scan in newline_len.

In the bundled libsyck newline_len and is_newline dereference the scan pointer, and the following byte for a "\r\n" pair, with no NUL-terminator or bounds check. During block-scalar lexing at a document boundary the scan runs one byte past the heap lexer buffer. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-11683, on a lexer path the earlier fix did not cover.

Any caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document with a block scalar at a document boundary reaches the over-read.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to YAML-Syck 1.47 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4730-1 libyaml-syck-perl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6428-1 libyaml-syck-perl security update
History
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Toddr
Toddr yaml::syck
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Toddr yaml::syck
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Description YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via an unbounded newline scan in newline_len. In the bundled libsyck newline_len and is_newline dereference the scan pointer, and the following byte for a "\r\n" pair, with no NUL-terminator or bounds check. During block-scalar lexing at a document boundary the scan runs one byte past the heap lexer buffer. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-11683, on a lexer path the earlier fix did not cover. Any caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document with a block scalar at a document boundary reaches the over-read.
Title YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via an unbounded newline scan in newline_len
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
CPANSec
Published
Updated
Jul 17, 2026, 1:05 PM
Reserved
Jun 23, 2026, 6:02 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 16, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 8:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 16, 2026, 9:41 PM