5.3

CVE-2026-112914: tox-dev filelock Race Condition Enabling Link Following

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumReceived
Published 20-10-2026Last modified 20-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-112914 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in tox-dev filelock.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
Not scored
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.

Description

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, SoftFileLock can restore a stale marker by name after moving it aside, allowing another local user with rename access in a non-sticky lock directory to swap in a symbolic link and, on a runtime that follows the link and a same-filesystem target, make the lock user hard-link one of its files into the lock directory. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

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Known exploited

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Tox-dev1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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