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CVE-2026-112936: tox-dev filelock Link Following

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumReceived
Published 20-10-2026Last modified 20-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-112936 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Link Following vulnerability in tox-dev filelock.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
Not scored
0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.20.4 until 4.0.9, ReadWriteLock and AsyncReadWriteLock versions from 3.20.4 resolve the lock path and pass it to SQLite without rejecting a final symbolic link, allowing another local user who can create names in the lock directory to redirect database creation and locking or split mutual exclusion between targets. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.9.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

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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