Vulnerability database
Every flaw the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency (CISA) has confirmed attackers are using, plus the new WordPress plugin and theme bugs published each day, sorted by what they mean for a small business. We refresh it twice a day. If you see something your website or office runs, tell us.
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Sep 22, 2023A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell.CVE-2023-43090 · Other software · gnome · reported by patrick@puiterwijk.orgMedium 5.5
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.
- Product
- gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordaccess.redhat.combugzilla.redhat.com
Apr 29, 2022Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue.CVE-2021-3982 · Other software · Gnome · reported by Red HatMedium 5.5
Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possible DoS of other services running in the same machine.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordgitlab.gnome.orggitlab.gnome.org
Feb 18, 2022A 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" GNOMECVE-2021-20315 · Other software · Gnome · reported by Red HatMedium 6.1
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.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordbugzilla.redhat.combugzilla.redhat.com
Aug 11, 2020An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4.CVE-2020-17489 · Other software · Gnome · reported by MITREMedium 4.3
An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the password shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief moment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the password length is revealed.)
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordlists.opensuse.orggitlab.gnome.org
Feb 6, 2019It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions.CVE-2019-3820 · Other software · The Gnome Project · reported by Red HatMedium 4.3
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.
- Product
- gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordlists.opensuse.orglists.opensuse.org
Apr 26, 2017gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen.CVE-2017-8288 · Other software · Gnome · reported by MITREHigh 8.1
gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications (but not interact with them), see information from the extensions (e.g., what applications you have opened or what music you were playing), or even execute arbitrary commands. It all depends on what extensions a user has enabled. The problem is caused by lack of exception handling in js/ui/extensionSystem.js.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordsecurityfocus.combugs.kali.org
Dec 25, 2014GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which alloCVE-2014-7300 · Other software · Gnome · reported by MITREHigh 7.2
GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordopenwall.comrhn.redhat.com
Apr 29, 2014The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physiCVE-2013-7221 · Other software · Gnome · reported by MITREMedium 4.6
The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordopenwall.comopenwall.com
Apr 29, 2014js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattendeCVE-2013-7220 · Other software · Gnome · reported by MITREMedium 4.6
js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordopenwall.comopenwall.com
Sep 30, 2012The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a craCVE-2012-4427 · Other software · Gnome · reported by Red HatMedium 6.8
The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordopenwall.comopenwall.com
Nov 5, 2010gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shaCVE-2010-4000 · Other software · Gnome · reported by MITREMedium 6.9
gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
- Product
- Gnome-shell
- What to do
- Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordbugzilla.redhat.combugzilla.redhat.com
Where this comes from: the exploited list is CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Everything else is the whole National Vulnerability Database, where each record is published by the team that found the bug (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan, the vendors themselves and others); we show who. Exploit odds are FIRST’s EPSS, updated daily. Titles and categories are ours, so check the linked record before acting on a detail. For a write-up of the big ones, see our advisories. Every vendor, and every WordPress plugin and theme with a recorded flaw, also has its own page. All of it is free to reuse as JSON, CSV or RSS.
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