Description
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.20.4 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock and AsyncReadWriteLock on Windows use _connect to attach SQLite to the lock database by pathname, allowing another local account that can create adjacent names to place a database-wal or database-journal side file before acquisition. An undeletable WAL file makes each read or write acquisition fail immediately with sqlite3.OperationalError regardless of timeout. Separately, when the database contains at least one table, a hot journal that grants the lock account modify rights can cause SQLite recovery to delete a file named by that journal only when the lock account has permission to delete the target. The issue requires a directory writable by another account, such as a shared Windows temporary directory, and does not affect private directories. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tox-dev | filelock | >= 3.20.4, < 4.2.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | python-filelock | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | python-filelock | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | python-filelock | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | python-filelock | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | python-filelock | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | python-filelock | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | open-webui | 0.12.3-r10 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | py3-cassandra-medusa | 0.31.0-r3 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | filelock | >= 3.20.4, < 4.2.1 | 4.2.1 | GHSA-9vhv-jxww-xfm5 |
References
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-9vhv-jxww-xfm5
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/pull/834
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/pull/854
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/commit/1f582d02c7e5cb4aa7e41ddae211d32d31778f3b
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/commit/5e3f2ec0c5fb17cb2635b60b2b68bc63ab81ca2d