VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-20315
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.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.20%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 9th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-667
- Affected
- gnome/gnome-shell · centos/stream
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2006285Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2006285Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.