CVE-2023-43090

Summary

CVECVE-2023-43090
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-22 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-26 13:10:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell All All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 42 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
(CVE-2023-43090) Screenshot tool allows viewing open windows when session is locked (#6990) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-shell · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
screenshot: Some fixes to shortcut handling (!2944) · Merge requests · GNOME / gnome-shell · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
2239087 – (CVE-2023-43090) CVE-2023-43090 gnome-shell: Screenshot tool allows viewing open windows when session is locked MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199779 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNOME Shell Vulnerability (USN-6395-1)
  • 6000176 Debian Security Update for gnome-shell (DSA 5501-1)
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