filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.32.6 until 4.2.1, SoftFileLock can follow a swapped symbolic link during the conditional os.access writability check for a node without its owner-write bit, allowing another local user on a platform and directory configuration that follows the link to infer whether a chosen path exists and is writable from the observable acquisition result. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
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| Description | filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.32.6 until 4.2.1, SoftFileLock can follow a swapped symbolic link during the conditional os.access writability check for a node without its owner-write bit, allowing another local user on a platform and directory configuration that follows the link to infer whether a chosen path exists and is writable from the observable acquisition result. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1. | |
| Title | filelock: Symlink swap during SoftFileLock's writability check leaks whether a path exists and is writable by the lock taker | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-20T15:37:56.208Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T20:16:09.858Z
Link: CVE-2026-112912
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T15:17:15.657
Modified: 2026-10-20T15:17:15.657
Link: CVE-2026-112912
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