CVE-2026-22701 filelock Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Symlink Vulnerability in SoftFileLock

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. Prior to version 3.20.3, a TOCTOU race condition vulnerability exists in the SoftFileLock implementation of the filelock package. An attacker with local filesystem access and permission to create symlinks can exploit a race condition betwee...

CVE-2026-22701 filelock Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Symlink Vulnerability in SoftFileLock

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. Prior to version 3.20.3, a TOCTOU race condition vulnerability exists in the SoftFileLock implementation of the filelock package. An attacker with local filesystem access and permission to create symlinks can exploit a race condition betwee...

CVE-2026-22701

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. Prior to version 3.20.3, a TOCTOU race condition vulnerability exists in the SoftFileLock implementation of the filelock package. An attacker with local filesystem access and permission to create symlinks can exploit a race condition betwee...

CVE-2005-1065

tetex in Novell Linux Desktop 9 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack in the /var/cache/fonts directory...

CVE-2005-1917

kpopper 1.0 and earlier allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .popper-new temporary file...

CVE-2010-0546

Folder Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 10.6.4, allows local users to delete arbitrary folders via a symlink attack in conjunction with an unmount operation on a crafted volume, related to the Cleanup At Startup folder...

CVE-2003-1281

cgihtml 1.69 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files...

CVE-2003-1246

NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject in ntdll.dll in Integrity Protection Driver IPD 1.2 and 1.3 allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on \winnt\system32\drivers using the subst command...

CVE-2021-31154

pleaseedit in please before 0.4 uses predictable temporary filenames in /tmp and the target directory. This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack...

CVE-2017-18925

opentmpfiles through 0.3.1 allows local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because d entries are mishandled and allow a symlink attack...

CVE-2020-12878

Digi ConnectPort X2e before 3.2.30.6 allows an attacker to escalate privileges from the python user to root via a symlink attack that uses chown, related to /etc/init.d/S50dropbear.sh and the /WEB/python/.ssh directory...

CVE-1999-0959

IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0689

The CDE dtspcd daemon allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0333

HP OpenView Omniback allows remote execution of commands as root via spoofing, and local users can gain root access via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0786

The dynamic linker in Solaris allows a local user to create arbitrary files via the LDPROFILE environmental variable and a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0433

XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service...

CVE-1999-0730

The zsoelim program in the Debian man-db package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0374

Debian GNU/Linux cfengine package is susceptible to a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0114

Local users can execute commands as other users, and read other users' files, through the filter command in the Elm elm-2.4 mail package using a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0411

Several startup scripts in SCO OpenServer Enterprise System v 5.0.4p, including S84rpcinit, S95nis, S85tcp, and S89nfs, are vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing a local user to gain root access...