Description
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.0.0 until 4.2.1, SoftReadWriteLock refreshes holder records by name, allowing another local user with rename access to the lock directory to replace a record with a named pipe and stall the lock, or under a permissive hard-link policy to link a reachable target file and cause the lock user to write through it. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.0.0 until 4.2.1, SoftReadWriteLock refreshes holder records by name, allowing another local user with rename access to the lock directory to replace a record with a named pipe and stall the lock, or under a permissive hard-link policy to link a reachable target file and cause the lock user to write through it. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Title filelock: SoftReadWriteLock holder refresh writes through a hard link and hangs on a named pipe that another local user renames over its record
Weaknesses CWE-62
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T14:30:43.736Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T21:30:47.244Z

Link: CVE-2026-112934

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T15:17:16.100

Modified: 2026-10-20T15:17:16.100

Link: CVE-2026-112934

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