Description
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock can remove a randomized .filelock-* private-hard-link directory during cleanup, allowing another local user with rename access in a non-sticky parent to observe a live name or forge a dead-owner sweep name and rename a sibling directory onto it for deletion. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
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History
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000
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Tox-dev
Tox-dev filelock |
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Tox-dev filelock |
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000
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| Description | filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock can remove a randomized .filelock-* private-hard-link directory during cleanup, allowing another local user with rename access in a non-sticky parent to observe a live name or forge a dead-owner sweep name and rename a sibling directory onto it for deletion. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1. | |
| Title | filelock: ReadWriteLock on the hard-link route deletes any directory another user renames onto its .filelock-* link directory name | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-367 | |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-20T14:36:28.129Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T21:30:47.244Z
Link: CVE-2026-112937
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T15:17:16.527
Modified: 2026-10-20T15:17:16.527
Link: CVE-2026-112937
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-20T17:00:15Z
Weaknesses
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CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition