Medium severity5.5OSV Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-43090
CVE-2023-43090
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.
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Affected products
62.27.0, 2.27.1, 2.27.2, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 2.27.0, 2.27.1, 2.27.2, …
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/gnome-shell&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/gnome-shell&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/gnome-shell&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/gnome-shell&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP6
< 45.3-150600.5.6.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3-150600.5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.0-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3-150600.5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3-150600.5.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2944nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/6990nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43090nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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