filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, SoftReadWriteLock and AsyncSoftReadWriteLock cache a successful check of the <path>.rw lock tree and resolve its names again during later record operations, allowing another local user who can replace that tree after the first acquisition to redirect lock-record writes into directories writable by the lock user. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
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| Description | filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, SoftReadWriteLock and AsyncSoftReadWriteLock cache a successful check of the <path>.rw lock tree and resolve its names again during later record operations, allowing another local user who can replace that tree after the first acquisition to redirect lock-record writes into directories writable by the lock user. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1. | |
| Title | filelock: SoftReadWriteLock follows a lock tree swapped in after its first acquire and writes lock records into directories of the user running the lock | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-367 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-20T14:43:18.060Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T21:30:47.245Z
Link: CVE-2026-112941
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T15:17:16.973
Modified: 2026-10-20T15:17:16.973
Link: CVE-2026-112941
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Updated: 2026-10-20T17:30:13Z
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