CVE-2021-20315 (GCVE-0-2021-20315)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:37
VLAI
Summary
A locking protection bypass flaw was found in some versions of gnome-shell as shipped within CentOS Stream 8, when the "Application menu" or "Window list" GNOME extensions are enabled. This flaw allows a physical attacker who has access to a locked system to kill existing applications and start new ones as the locked user, even if the session is still locked.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | gnome-shell |
Affected:
gnome-shell 3.32.2-40.el8
|
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