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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2023-43090

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

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
fedora

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

gnome-shell

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 42.*affected
  • 43.0 to < 43.9affected
  • 44.0 to < 44.5affected

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