CVE-2026-13713
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-415
Double Free
Publication date:
16/07/2026
Last modified:
17/07/2026
Description
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.<br />
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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&#39;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.<br />
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Any caller that runs Load or LoadFile on an untrusted document that redefines an anchor mid-parse crashes the interpreter, a denial of service.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.20
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM



