CVE-2026-112914

Name	CVE-2026-112914
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	1151686

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-filelock (PTS)	bookworm	3.9.0-1+deb12u1	vulnerable
	trixie	3.18.0-1+deb13u1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	4.2.8-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
python-filelock	source	(unstable)	4.2.8-1			1151686

Notes

https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-crv4-6mhj-j5jh
https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/pull/843
Fixed by: https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/commit/740ff666b62a88496c8d7394e4e6230605e4d62b (4.2.1)