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🛡️ OESA-2021-1403 — gnome-shell (CVE-2019-3820)

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

gnome-shell security update

The GNOME Shell redefines user interactions with the GNOME desktop. In particular, it offers new paradigms for launching applications, accessing documents, and organizing open windows in GNOME. Later, it will introduce a new applets eco-system and offer new solutions for other desktop features, such as notifications and contacts management. The GNOME Shell is intended to replace functions handled by the GNOME Panel and by the window manager in previous versions of GNOME. The GNOME Shell has rich visual effects enabled by new graphical technologies.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2019-3820)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

  • Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Affected software

OESA-2021-1403 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gnome-shell (fixed in 3.30.1-10.oe1)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 October 2021 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openeuler.org (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-10-30
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gnome-shell — 3.30.1-10.oe1

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