2026-01-10 · 2 min · BitNinja Team

New Symlink Vulnerability in Python's filelock

In the realm of cybersecurity, staying updated on vulnerabilities is crucial. Recently, a new threat has emerged within Python’s filelock library identified as CVE-2026-22701. This vulnerability relates to the Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) flaw in the SoftFileLock impleme...