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SCA: security update for filelock (GHSA-9j6q-wvj5-jgjg)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477790

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 3.32.6 until 4.2.1, SoftFileLock can follow
 a swapped symbolic link during the conditional os.access writability check for a node without its owner-
 write bit, allowing another local user on a platform and directory configuration that follows the link to
 infer whether a chosen path exists and is writable from the observable acquisition result. This issue is
 fixed in version 4.2.1. (CVE-2026-112912)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9j6q-wvj5-jgjg

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 477790

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Temporal Score: 0.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-112912

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-112912

cwe: CWE-59