{"cve":"CVE-2026-5089","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-12T17:16:21.720","modified":"2026-10-26T18:10:00.173","status":"Deferred","description":"YAML::Syck versions before 1.38 for Perl  has an out-of-bounds read.\n\nThe base60 (sexagesimal) parsing code in perl_syck.h has a buffer underflow bug in both int#base60 and float#base60 handlers. When processing the leftmost segment of a colon-separated value (e.g., the 1 in 1:30:45), the inner while loop can decrement a pointer past the start of the string buffer:\n\n    while ( colon >= ptr && *colon != ':' )\n    {\n        colon--;\n    }\n    if ( *colon == ':' ) *colon = '\\0';  // colon may be ptr-1 here\n\nWhen no colon is found (final/leftmost segment), colon becomes ptr-1, and the subsequent *colon dereference reads one byte before the allocated buffer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":7.3},"cwes":["CWE-124"],"references":["https://github.com/cpan-authors/YAML-Syck/commit/208a4d3bd1b5cdb4a791a6e3905bd6bd45e9d005.patch","https://github.com/cpan-authors/YAML-Syck/issues/132","https://github.com/cpan-authors/YAML-Syck/pull/133","https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/YAML-Syck-1.38/changes","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/16"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T18:27:13.530666824+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-5089","score":0.00333,"percentile":0.26286,"date":"2026-10-26"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}