Use After Free Affecting cpan-authors/YAML-Syck package, versions [,1.47)
Threat Intelligence
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- published19 Jul 2026
- disclosed17 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 17 Jul 2026
CVE-2026-13713 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade cpan-authors/YAML-Syck to version 1.47 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the Load process. An attacker can cause the interpreter to crash or abort by providing a specially crafted YAML document that redefines an anchor during parsing, leading to memory corruption.