CVE-2026-4177
Description
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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.
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Heap-based Buffer Overflow
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Integrity
Confidentiality
Access Control
Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Modify Memory
Other
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C, C++, Memory-Unsafe
https://github.com/cpan-authors/YAML-Syck/commit/e8844a31c8cf0052914b198fc784ed…
https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/YAML-Syck-1.37_01/changes#L21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/16/6