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SCA: security update for filelock (GHSA-jqc4-5cvw-7w85)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477201

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, ReadWriteLock can remove
 a randomized .filelock-* private-hard-link directory during cleanup, allowing another local user with
 rename access in a non-sticky parent to observe a live name or forge a dead-owner sweep name and rename a
 sibling directory onto it for deletion. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1. (CVE-2026-112937)

Solution

Update the filelock library and its related packages to version 4.2.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqc4-5cvw-7w85

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 477201

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/24/2026

Updated: 10/24/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-112937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-112937

cwe: CWE-367