Description
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, SoftFileLock versions from 4.1.0 can reuse a stale observation when an attacker pre-dates and removes its own marker, at least two lock-user processes are waiting, coarse or matching modification times preserve the observation, and an honest contender creates a fresh marker on the reused inode, causing that live marker to be removed as stale. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Tox-dev
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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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 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, SoftFileLock versions from 4.1.0 can reuse a stale observation when an attacker pre-dates and removes its own marker, at least two lock-user processes are waiting, coarse or matching modification times preserve the observation, and an honest contender creates a fresh marker on the reused inode, causing that live marker to be removed as stale. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Title filelock: SoftFileLock evicts a fresh lock file whose watched age another local user's pre-dated file passed on through inode reuse
Weaknesses CWE-694
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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Tox-dev Filelock
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:27:25.903Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T20:16:09.857Z

Link: CVE-2026-112906

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:27:20.387Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T15:17:15.163

Modified: 2026-10-20T16:17:04.277

Link: CVE-2026-112906

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

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