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CVE-2026-112915

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filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python.

Vendor / product: Tox-dev — filelock

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.20.4 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock can open a crafted SQLite lock database without bounding schema and query work, allowing another local user who can replace the database to make acquisition stall or hang; versions from 3.20.4 expose this on initial per-instance opening, and versions from 3.30.0 repeat the exposure on every acquisition. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-20 15:17
Modified: 2026-10-21 21:15
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:04 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

tox-dev / filelock ≥3.20.4 <4.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-cwqr-hh33-gh44
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-cwqr-hh33-gh44
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/commit/5e3f2ec0c5fb17cb2635b60b2b68bc63ab81ca2d
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/pull/834
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-cwqr-hh33-gh44
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-cwqr-hh33-gh44

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:04 UTC · record ↗

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