diff --git a/news/4944.bugfix.mdB b/news/4944.bugfix.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from news/4944.bugfix.mdB
rename to news/4944.bugfix.rst
diff --git a/news/4976.vendor.rst b/news/4976.vendor.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47d9199f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/4976.vendor.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Updated vendor version of `pythonfinder` from `1.2.9` to `1.2.10` which fixes a bug with WSL
+(Windows Subsystem for Linux) when a path can not be read and Permission Denied error is encountered.
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__init__.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__init__.py
index 7ff28b14..6bca7239 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__init__.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from .exceptions import InvalidPythonVersion
 from .models import SystemPath, WindowsFinder
 from .pythonfinder import Finder
 
-__version__ = "1.2.9"
+__version__ = "1.2.10"
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__main__.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__main__.py
index e6d7c950..b2af108f 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__main__.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/__main__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import sys
 
 from pipenv.vendor.pythonfinder.cli import cli
 
-
 PYTHONFINDER_MAIN = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 PYTHONFINDER_PACKAGE = os.path.dirname(PYTHONFINDER_MAIN)
 
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/cli.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/cli.py
index ea34ffab..c8d7753b 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/cli.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/cli.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def cli(
         click.echo(
             "{0} version {1}".format(
                 click.style("PythonFinder", fg="white", bold=True),
-                click.style(str(__version__), fg="yellow")
+                click.style(str(__version__), fg="yellow"),
             )
         )
         ctx.exit()
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/compat.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/compat.py
index 71c4b6a2..1cded958 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/compat.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/compat.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ else:
     from pathlib import Path
 
 if six.PY3:
-    from functools import lru_cache
     from builtins import TimeoutError
+    from functools import lru_cache
 else:
     from backports.functools_lru_cache import lru_cache  # type: ignore  # noqa
 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ else:
 
 def getpreferredencoding():
     import locale
+
     # Borrowed from Invoke
     # (see https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke/blob/93af29d/invoke/runners.py#L881)
     _encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding(False)
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/environment.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/environment.py
index 6b22fb08..0a7d5de8 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/environment.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/environment.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ASDF_DATA_DIR = os.path.expanduser(
 IS_64BIT_OS = None
 SYSTEM_ARCH = platform.architecture()[0]
 
-if sys.maxsize > 2 ** 32:
+if sys.maxsize > 2**32:
     IS_64BIT_OS = platform.machine() == "AMD64"
 else:
     IS_64BIT_OS = False
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/__init__.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/__init__.py
index 3d05af63..e7e03a70 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/__init__.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 import abc
 import operator
-
 from itertools import chain
 
 import pipenv.vendor.six as six
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/mixins.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/mixins.py
index 001b7017..1e31efd3 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/mixins.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/mixins.py
@@ -20,22 +20,23 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 if MYPY_RUNNING:
-    from .path import PathEntry
-    from .python import PythonVersion
     from typing import (
-        Optional,
-        Union,
         Any,
+        DefaultDict,
         Dict,
+        Generator,
         Iterator,
         List,
-        DefaultDict,
-        Generator,
+        Optional,
         Tuple,
-        TypeVar,
         Type,
+        TypeVar,
+        Union,
     )
+
     from ..compat import Path  # noqa
+    from .path import PathEntry
+    from .python import PythonVersion
 
     BaseFinderType = TypeVar("BaseFinderType")
 
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/path.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/path.py
index 269496d6..76bb50ab 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/path.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/path.py
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 import operator
 import os
+import stat
 import sys
+import errno
 from collections import defaultdict
 from itertools import chain
 
 import pipenv.vendor.attr as attr
 import pipenv.vendor.six as six
 from pipenv.vendor.cached_property import cached_property
-from ..compat import Path, fs_str
 
+from ..compat import Path, fs_str
 from ..environment import (
     ASDF_DATA_DIR,
     ASDF_INSTALLED,
@@ -41,19 +43,20 @@ from .mixins import BaseFinder, BasePath
 
 if MYPY_RUNNING:
     from typing import (
-        Optional,
-        Dict,
+        Any,
+        Callable,
         DefaultDict,
+        Dict,
+        Generator,
         Iterator,
         List,
-        Union,
+        Optional,
         Tuple,
-        Generator,
-        Callable,
         Type,
-        Any,
         TypeVar,
+        Union,
     )
+
     from .python import PythonFinder, PythonVersion
     from .windows import WindowsFinder
 
@@ -61,6 +64,14 @@ if MYPY_RUNNING:
     ChildType = Union[PythonFinder, "PathEntry"]
     PathType = Union[PythonFinder, "PathEntry"]
 
+def exists_and_is_accessible(path):
+    try:
+        return path.exists()
+    except PermissionError as pe:
+        if pe.errno == errno.EACCES: # Permission denied
+            return False
+        else:
+            raise
 
 @attr.s
 class SystemPath(object):
@@ -168,7 +179,7 @@ class SystemPath(object):
         for child in self.paths.values():
             if child.pythons:
                 python_executables.update(dict(child.pythons))
-        for finder_name, finder in self.__finders.items():
+        for _, finder in self.__finders.items():
             if finder.pythons:
                 python_executables.update(dict(finder.pythons))
         self._python_executables = python_executables
@@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ class SystemPath(object):
                     continue
                 if entry not in self._version_dict[version] and entry.is_python:
                     self._version_dict[version].append(entry)
-        for p, entry in self.python_executables.items():
+        for _, entry in self.python_executables.items():
             version = entry.as_python  # type: PythonVersion
             if not version:
                 continue
@@ -222,7 +233,7 @@ class SystemPath(object):
                     path=p.absolute(), is_root=True, only_python=self.only_python
                 )
                 for p in path_instances
-                if p.exists()
+                if exists_and_is_accessible(p)
             }
         )
         new_instance = attr.evolve(
@@ -669,7 +680,7 @@ class SystemPath(object):
                     path=p.absolute(), is_root=True, only_python=only_python
                 )
                 for p in _path_objects
-                if p.exists()
+                if exists_and_is_accessible(p)
             }
         )
         instance = cls(
@@ -705,12 +716,14 @@ class PathEntry(BasePath):
         return self.path.as_posix() >= other.path.as_posix()
 
     def __del__(self):
-        if getattr(self, "_children"):
+        if hasattr(self, "_children"):
             del self._children
         BasePath.__del__(self)
 
     def _filter_children(self):
         # type: () -> Iterator[Path]
+        if not os.access(str(self.path), os.R_OK):
+            return iter([])
         if self.only_python:
             children = filter_pythons(self.path)
         else:
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/python.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/python.py
index f1351c6f..3ab900ee 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/python.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/python.py
@@ -35,22 +35,23 @@ from .mixins import BaseFinder, BasePath
 
 if MYPY_RUNNING:
     from typing import (
-        DefaultDict,
-        Optional,
-        Callable,
-        Generator,
         Any,
-        Union,
-        Tuple,
-        List,
+        Callable,
+        DefaultDict,
         Dict,
+        Generator,
+        Iterator,
+        List,
+        Optional,
+        Tuple,
         Type,
         TypeVar,
-        Iterator,
+        Union,
         overload,
     )
-    from .path import PathEntry
+
     from .._vendor.pep514tools.environment import Environment
+    from .path import PathEntry
 else:
 
     def overload(f):
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ class PythonFinder(BaseFinder, BasePath):
     def versions(self):
         # type: () -> DefaultDict[Tuple, PathEntry]
         if not self._versions:
-            for base_path, entry, version_tuple in self._iter_versions():
+            for _, entry, version_tuple in self._iter_versions():
                 self._versions[version_tuple] = entry
         return self._versions
 
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/windows.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/windows.py
index 5a4d9136..4c288ae4 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/windows.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/windows.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from .path import PathEntry
 from .python import PythonVersion, VersionMap
 
 if MYPY_RUNNING:
-    from typing import DefaultDict, Tuple, List, Optional, Union, TypeVar, Type, Any
+    from typing import Any, DefaultDict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 
     FinderType = TypeVar("FinderType")
 
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ class WindowsFinder(BaseFinder):
         pythons = [py for py in self.version_list if version_matcher(py)]
         version_sort = operator.attrgetter("version_sort")
         return [
-            c.comes_from for c in sorted(pythons, key=version_sort, reverse=True)
+            c.comes_from
+            for c in sorted(pythons, key=version_sort, reverse=True)
             if c.comes_from
         ]
 
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/pythonfinder.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/pythonfinder.py
index e7d9c217..a80f91df 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/pythonfinder.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/pythonfinder.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ from .exceptions import InvalidPythonVersion
 from .utils import Iterable, filter_pythons, version_re
 
 if environment.MYPY_RUNNING:
-    from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, Union, List, Iterator, Text
-    from .models.path import Path, PathEntry
+    from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Text, Union
+
+    from .models.path import Path, PathEntry, SystemPath
     from .models.windows import WindowsFinder
-    from .models.path import SystemPath
 
     STRING_TYPE = Union[str, Text, bytes]
 
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/utils.py b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/utils.py
index ee5502c5..a0eeda1a 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/utils.py
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import pipenv.vendor.attr as attr
 import pipenv.vendor.six as six
 from pipenv.vendor.packaging.version import LegacyVersion, Version
 
-from .compat import Path, lru_cache, TimeoutError  # noqa
+from .compat import Path, TimeoutError, lru_cache  # noqa
 from .environment import MYPY_RUNNING, PYENV_ROOT, SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT
 from .exceptions import InvalidPythonVersion
 
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ from pipenv.vendor.six.moves import Sequence  # type: ignore  # noqa  # isort:sk
 # fmt: on
 
 if MYPY_RUNNING:
-    from typing import Any, Union, List, Callable, Set, Tuple, Dict, Optional, Iterator
+    from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
+
     from pipenv.vendor.attr.validators import _OptionalValidator  # type: ignore
+
     from .models.path import PathEntry
 
 
@@ -62,8 +64,10 @@ else:
 KNOWN_EXTS = KNOWN_EXTS | set(
     filter(None, os.environ.get("PATHEXT", "").split(os.pathsep))
 )
-PY_MATCH_STR = r"((?P<implementation>{0})(?:\d?(?:\.\d[cpm]{{0,3}}))?(?:-?[\d\.]+)*(?!w))".format(
-    "|".join(PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATIONS)
+PY_MATCH_STR = (
+    r"((?P<implementation>{0})(?:\d?(?:\.\d[cpm]{{0,3}}))?(?:-?[\d\.]+)*(?!w))".format(
+        "|".join(PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATIONS)
+    )
 )
 EXE_MATCH_STR = r"{0}(?:\.(?P<ext>{1}))?".format(PY_MATCH_STR, "|".join(KNOWN_EXTS))
 RE_MATCHER = re.compile(r"({0}|{1})".format(version_re_str, PY_MATCH_STR))
diff --git a/pipenv/vendor/vendor.txt b/pipenv/vendor/vendor.txt
index 3d7b39ea..95aa65eb 100644
--- a/pipenv/vendor/vendor.txt
+++ b/pipenv/vendor/vendor.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pyparsing==2.4.7
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-dotenv==0.19.0
-pythonfinder==1.2.9
+pythonfinder==1.2.10
 requests==2.26.0
 requirementslib==1.6.1
 shellingham==1.4.0