CVE-2026-5089

libyaml-syck-perl: YAML::Syck versions before 1.38 for Perl has an out-of-bounds read

CVE-2026-5089 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2026-1769, released May 25, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.3
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0040
34th percentile

YAML::Syck versions before 1.38 for Perl has an out-of-bounds read. The base60 (sexagesimal) parsing code in perl_syck.h has a buffer underflow bug in both int#base60 and float#base60 handlers. When processing the leftmost segment of a colon-separated value (e.g., the 1 in 1:30:45), the inner while loop can decrement a pointer past the start of the string buffer: while ( colon >= ptr && *colon != ':' ) { colon--; } if ( *colon == ':' ) *colon = '\0'; // colon may be ptr-1 here When no colon is found (final/leftmost segment), colon becomes ptr-1, and the subsequent *colon dereference reads one byte before the allocated buffer.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libyaml-syck-perl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.34-2+deb12u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5089 May 27, 2026
libyaml-syck-perl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.34-2+deb13u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5089 May 27, 2026
libyaml-syck-perl · Debian 14 1.36-3 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5089 May 27, 2026
perl-YAML-Syck · amzn 2023 1.37-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1769 May 25, 2026
perl-YAML-Syck · opensuse-leap 16.0 1.450.0-bp160.2.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20938-1 Jun 10, 2026
perl-YAML-Syck-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.37-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1769 May 25, 2026
perl-YAML-Syck-debugsource · amzn 2023 1.37-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1769 May 25, 2026
perl-YAML-Syck-tests · amzn 2023 1.37-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1769 May 25, 2026

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