filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.22.0 until 4.2.1, soft lock classes on Windows read an existing marker with _read_lock_file and remove a stale marker through break_lock_file using pathname operations that wait for an oplock break. Another local account with read access to an unheld marker can keep a Level 1 or batch oplock unanswered, causing SoftFileLock.acquire and related async or fallback locks to wait beyond timeout, blocking=False, and cancel_check. A stale marker under the oplock cannot be broken, but mutual exclusion remains intact and no file other than the marker is accessed. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1.
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-567q-5qvw-pf92 | filelock: On Windows an oplock on a soft lock's marker holds SoftFileLock.acquire() past its timeout and blocks the stale break |
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Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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Tox-dev
Tox-dev filelock |
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Tox-dev
Tox-dev filelock |
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:00:00 +0000
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| Description | filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.22.0 until 4.2.1, soft lock classes on Windows read an existing marker with _read_lock_file and remove a stale marker through break_lock_file using pathname operations that wait for an oplock break. Another local account with read access to an unheld marker can keep a Level 1 or batch oplock unanswered, causing SoftFileLock.acquire and related async or fallback locks to wait beyond timeout, blocking=False, and cancel_check. A stale marker under the oplock cannot be broken, but mutual exclusion remains intact and no file other than the marker is accessed. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.1. | |
| Title | filelock: On Windows an oplock on a soft lock's marker holds SoftFileLock.acquire() past its timeout and blocks the stale break | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-667 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-05T21:50:04.632Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T20:16:09.857Z
Link: CVE-2026-112907
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-05T22:17:46.513
Modified: 2026-11-05T22:17:46.513
Link: CVE-2026-112907
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-11-06T00:30:18Z
Weaknesses
Github GHSA