# CVE-2026-112911: filelock: StrictSoftFileLock and SoftReadWriteLock adopt a protocol directory another user created first, losing mutual exclusion

- Also known as: GHSA-9C4X-GM8V-WGC4
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.1
- Published: 2026-10-20 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- tox-dev filelock: from 3.30.0, fixed in 4.2.1
- filelock (PyPI): from 3.30.0, fixed in 4.2.1

## Description

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.30.0 until 4.2.1, StrictSoftFileLock versions from 3.30.0 and SoftReadWriteLock versions from 4.0.0 can adopt a protocol directory created first by another local user in a shared parent directory, allowing that user to alter protocol state and admit concurrent holders. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tox-dev filelock, filelock, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-9c4x-gm8v-wgc4
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/pull/839
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/commit/bfa066d65a1ba9106f86ee9d027f7588b9c77e03
- https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/releases/tag/4.2.1

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