DEBIAN-CVE-2026-112938: Debian/python-filelock vulnerability
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.30.0 until 4.2.1, On POSIX platforms, StrictSoftFileLock and AsyncStrictSoftFileLock validate the coordination directory in ensureprotocoldirectory but later reach the claims directory through opendirectory by pathname, allowing a local account that can rename the coordination name to swap in a symbolic link between check and use during acquisition. That race can create and leave claim files in another writable directory or strand claims in a different strict lock so the second lock times out. Separately, the claims property and forcebreak follow a resting symbolic link without a race when the lock user inspects or recovers the lock. Claims inspection discloses a file name to the other account only if the resulting exception text or claimname reaches that account through a shared log, CI output, or error report. A blind forcebreak recovery that removes live claims from another strict lock can allow two processes into that lock's critical section; this path reaches other strict locks, not arbitrary files. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
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Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
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filelockto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 4.2.1