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libyaml-syck-perl — security advisory
YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow a use-after-free and double-free via an anchor node freed while still on the parser value stack. In the bundled libsyck, when an anchor name is redefined or removed, syck_hdlr_add_anchor and syck_hdlr_remove_anchor free the node stored under that name with syck_free_node. That node can still be live on the parser's value stack, so syck_hdlr_add_node reaches it again and frees it a second time. On a normal build the 48-byte node chunk is freed twice and the interpreter aborts. Anchors need no special flags, so this is reached on the default Load path, and a 7-byte document that redefines an anchor triggers it. Any caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document that redefines an anchor mid-parse crashes the interpreter, a denial of service.
- Products
- libyaml-syck-perl
- Affected versions
- 1.27-2build2, 1.29-1, 1.29-1build1, 1.29-1build3, 1.29-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1, 1.29-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1, 1.31-1, 1.31-1build1, 1.31-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.34-1build1, 1.34-1build2, 1.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.34-2, 1.34-2build1, 1.34-2build2, 1.34-2build3, 1.34-2ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1, 1.34-3, 1.34-4, 1.36-1, 1.36-3, 1.47-1, 1.47-1build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-13713
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
YAML::Syck versions before 1.47 for Perl allow a use-after-free and double-free via an anchor node freed while still on the parser value stack. In the bundled libsyck, when an anchor name is redefined or removed, syck_hdlr_add_anchor and syck_hdlr_remove_anchor free the node stored under that name with syck_free_node. That node can still be live on the parser's value stack, so syck_hdlr_add_node reaches it again and frees it a second time. On a normal build the 48-byte node chunk is freed twice and the interpreter aborts. Anchors need no special flags, so this is reached on the default Load path, and a 7-byte document that redefines an anchor triggers it. Any caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document that redefines an anchor mid-parse crashes the interpreter, a denial of service.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-13713
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Complete source record
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