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High ALSA-2025:9330 1 CVE

Important: perl-YAML-LibYAML security update

Published Jun 23, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Kirill Siminov's "libyaml" is arguably the best YAML implementation. The C library is written precisely to the YAML 1.1 specification. It was originally bound to Python and was later bound to Ruby.

Security Fix(es):

* yaml-libyaml: LibYAML Perl File Modification Vulnerability (CVE-2025-40908)

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 perl-YAML-LibYAML 1:0.82-6.1.el9_6

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40908
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2369630
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-9330.html