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CVE-2026-112940: tox-dev filelock Race Condition Enabling Link Following

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighReceived
Published 20-10-2026Last modified 20-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-112940 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in tox-dev filelock.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · 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.

Description

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.20.4 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock let SQLite reopen the database and side files by name; on POSIX systems an attacker with rename access in a non-sticky parent can swap those names to cause overwrite or unlink operations, while a writable adjacent hot journal is additionally required for attacker-chosen content overwrites. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.

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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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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