# 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

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.47
- Published: 2026-07-16 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- YAML-Syck: fixed in 1.47

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on YAML-Syck, upgrade to a fixed version (1.47) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/YAML-Syck-1.47/changes
- https://github.com/toddr/YAML-Syck/commit/44c90a109ec3215ee7ce747bd11209835e123d8b.patch
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11683

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