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SCA: security update for filelock (GHSA-wfhq-q4j2-c37m)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477810

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, SoftReadWriteLock and
 AsyncSoftReadWriteLock cache a successful check of the <path>.rw lock tree and resolve its names again
 during later record operations, allowing another local user who can replace that tree after the first
 acquisition to redirect lock-record writes into directories writable by the lock user. This issue is fixed
 in version 4.2.1. (CVE-2026-112941)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfhq-q4j2-c37m

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 477810

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: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-112941

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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-2026-112941

cwe: CWE-367