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CVE-2019-3820
It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker…
Medium4.8EPSS 0.50%
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- redhat
Description
It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical access to a locked workstation could invoke certain keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
Affected products
The Gnome Project · gnome-shell
- affected since 3.15.91
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3820 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/851 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3966-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1582 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
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