Issued at: 2026-04-09
Updated at: 2026-04-10
Synopsis
Important: perl-YAML-Syck security update
Description
This module provides a Perl interface to the libsyck data serialization library. It exports the Dump and Load functions for converting Perl data structures to YAML strings, and the other way around.
Security Fix(es):
* perl-YAML-Syck: YAML::Syck versions through 1.36 for Perl has several potential security vulnerabilities including a high-severity heap buffer overflow in the YAML emitter (CVE-2026-4177)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.