Description
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.20.4 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock can open a crafted SQLite lock database without bounding schema and query work, allowing another local user who can replace the database to make acquisition stall or hang; versions from 3.20.4 expose this on initial per-instance opening, and versions from 3.30.0 repeat the exposure on every acquisition. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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First Time appeared Tox-dev
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Vendors & Products Tox-dev
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.20.4 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock can open a crafted SQLite lock database without bounding schema and query work, allowing another local user who can replace the database to make acquisition stall or hang; versions from 3.20.4 expose this on initial per-instance opening, and versions from 3.30.0 repeat the exposure on every acquisition. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Title filelock ReadWriteLock: a crafted lock database makes every acquire stall or hang regardless of timeout
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Tox-dev Filelock
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:25:38.592Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T20:16:09.858Z

Link: CVE-2026-112915

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:25:33.982Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T15:17:15.953

Modified: 2026-10-20T16:17:04.507

Link: CVE-2026-112915

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T16:30:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption