CVE-2023-43090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNOME Shell, affecting Fedora and other GNOME-based systems. It allows an unauthenticated local user to bypass the lock screen and view the locked desktop session's windows by manipulating keyboard shortcuts to access restricted screenshot functionality. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (medium), indicating local access with low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 43, < 43.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 44, < 44.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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