CVE-2026-112940

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 8.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-22.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-20 14:41Z8 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-22 21:29Z6 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-10-19

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-363Race Condition Enabling Link FollowingBase
• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9463037eb2b64d9859793d91c3e380d152fd3577e280c2069421557298c5a3f6

• github.comhttps://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/security/advisories/GHSA-v4x8-3wr5-3wq8x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/pull/834x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/commit/5e3f2ec0c5fb17cb2635b60b2b68bc63ab81ca2dx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/releases/tag/4.2.1x_refsource_MISC