ALSA-2026:6470

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Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:6470.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2026:6470
Related
Published
2026-04-02T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-07T12:46:15.255429Z
Summary
Important: perl-YAML-Syck security update
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / perl-YAML-Syck

Package

Name
perl-YAML-Syck
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/perl-YAML-Syck

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.30-6.el8_10

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:6470.json"