CVE-2026-13713 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 29.06.2026 Published: 16.07.2026 Updated: 17.07.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor TODDR
Product YAML::Syck
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.47 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to YAML-Syck 1.47 or later.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-416 Use After Free CWE
  • CWE-415 Double Free CWE