Is filelock affected by CVE-2025-68146?

PyPI filelock is affected in <3.20.1.

Is CVE-2025-68146 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

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CVE-2025-68146

Q: Is CVE-2025-68146 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

PyPI · filelock

Summary

filelock has a TOCTOU race condition which allows symlink attacks during lock file creation

Severity: medium
EPSS: 0.2% (p8)
Also known as: GHSA-w853-jp5j-5j7f
Published: 2025-12-16

References

https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-w853-jp5j-5j7f
https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/commit/4724d7f8c3393ec1f048c93933e6e3e6ec321f0e
https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock

Related advisories

CVE-2026-22701 — medium · PyPI/filelock

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