CVE-2023-43090

Gnome-shell: screenshot tool allows viewing open windows when session is locked

CVSS 5.5 MEDIUMEPSS 0.3%CWE-862

A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. GNOME Shell's lock screen allows an unauthenticated local user to view windows of the locked desktop session by using keyboard shortcuts to unlock the restricted functionality of the screenshot tool.

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

Affected products

gnome-shell

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43090 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239087 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/6990 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2944