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CVE-2025-11683 YAML::Syck versions before 1.36 for Perl has missing null-terminators which causes out-of-bounds read and potential…

Description

YAML::Syck versions before 1.36 for Perl has missing null-terminators which causes out-of-bounds read and potential information disclosure Missing null terminators in token.c leads to but-of-bounds read which allows adjacent variable to be read The issue is seen with complex YAML files with a hash of all keys and empty values.  There is no indication that the issue leads to accessing memory outside that allocated to the module.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
YAML::Syck 1.36 earliest → < 1.36 1.36

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