GHSA-HPR5-WWH9-PJHF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-19 00:01 – Updated: 2022-10-07 18:15
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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 ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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  "modified": "2022-10-07T18:15:55Z",
  "published": "2022-02-19T00:01:33Z",
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