CVE-2026-112911
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.30.0 until 4.2.1, StrictSoftFileLock versions from 3.30.0 and SoftReadWriteLock versions from 4.0.0 can adopt a protocol directory created first by another local user in a shared parent directory, allowing that user to alter protocol state and admit concurrent holders. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-20 15:17:15.473000
Last modified
2026-10-28 16:17:02.690000
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