{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via a signed-char lookup-table index in syck_base64dec. The base64 decoder in the bundled libsyck indexes the 256-entry static table b64_xtable with a signed char, so any !!binary byte >= 0x80 sign-extends to a negative index and reads before the table. The decoder receives the raw bytes of any !!binary node, a standard YAML type not gated by $LoadBlessed or $LoadCode, so it is reached on the default Load path. Any caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document containing a !!binary scalar with a high-bit byte triggers the read, and the value read can surface in the decoded result.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-YAML-Syck-2026-57075 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-yaml-syck-2026-57075.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/toddr/YAML-Syck/commit/44c90a109ec3215ee7ce747bd11209835e123d8b.patch", "url": "https://github.com/toddr/YAML-Syck/commit/44c90a109ec3215ee7ce747bd11209835e123d8b.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/YAML-Syck-1.47/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/YAML-Syck-1.47/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-57075 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57075" } ], "title": "YAML-Syck vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-07-16T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-YAML-Syck-2026-57075", "initial_release_date": "2026-07-16T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-07-16T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<1.47", "product": { "name": "YAML-Syck less than 1.47", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/YAML-Syck" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=1.47", "product": { "name": "YAML-Syck greater than or equal 1.47", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/YAML-Syck" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "YAML-Syck" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-57075", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-125", "name": "Out-of-bounds Read" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via a signed-char lookup-table index in syck_base64dec.\n\nThe base64 decoder in the bundled libsyck indexes the 256-entry static table b64_xtable with a signed char, so any !!binary byte >= 0x80 sign-extends to a negative index and reads before the table. The decoder receives the raw bytes of any !!binary node, a standard YAML type not gated by $LoadBlessed or $LoadCode, so it is reached on the default Load path.\n\nAny caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document containing a !!binary scalar with a high-bit byte triggers the read, and the value read can surface in the decoded result.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 9.1, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }