filelock: StrictSoftFileLock follows a symbolic link swapped in at <path>.filelock and creates claim files in a directory another local user chooses

影響: pip:filelock >= 3.30.0, <= 4.2.0 → 4.2.1

StrictSoftFileLock and AsyncStrictSoftFileLock check .filelock (the coordination directory that holds the lock's state) with one lstat call on its name. lstat reports what a name is without following a symbolic link (a file that redirects to another path). After that check, the code reaches .filelock/claims by pathname for every later operation (mkdir, scan, publish, link, unlink). _open_directory passes O_NOFOLLOW (a flag that makes an open fail when the final name is a symbolic link), but the…

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2026/10/29 06:08，GitHub Advisory Database 发布了“filelock: StrictSoftFileLock follows a symbolic link swapped in at <path>.filelock and creates claim files in a directory another local user chooses”（类型：漏洞公告）。严重程度为“中危”（medium）。相关技术：Python。CVE：CVE-2026-112938。