vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7999-1 (CVE-2026-22701): Filelock vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C) | Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C)
Published
Feb 2, 2026
Added
Feb 5, 2026
Modified
Feb 5, 2026
Description
It was discovered that Filelock incorrectly handled symlinks in temp files.
A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause lock operations to
fail or behave unexpectedly. (CVE-2026-22701)
It was discovered that the file locking implementation in the Filelock
package contained a race condition. A local attacker could possibly use
this to cause a denial of service or corrupt arbitrary user files.
(CVE-2025-68146)
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-filelockubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-filelock
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