CVE-2019-3820
MEDIUMgnome-shell 3.15.91-3.30.3 - Improper Authentication via Lock Screen Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3820
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/851
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3966-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00023.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00049.html
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.9%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-287
CWE-285
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
gnome/gnome-shell
3.15.91 - 3.30.3
opensuse/leap
15.0
opensuse/leap
15.1
opensuse/leap
42.3
Published
Feb 06, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026