CVE-2020-17489

lowpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.006 · 46 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.55% (46th) EPSS
CVSS 1.9 · low
Is it mine?
18 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.)

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Fixedgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1814
  • Workaroundgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-0:3.32.2-44.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debuginfo-0:3.32.2-44.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

  • Workaroundgnome-shell-debugsource-0:3.32.2-44.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf

    Do not use the "view password" context menu option when logging into gnome-shell.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.9–4.3

v2.01.9lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 2.9
v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.7 · impact 3.6
v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522USprimaryCWE-200US
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affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2022:1814Red Hat Security Advisory: gnome-shell security and bug fix update2022-05-10csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update for gnome-shell is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-08-11modified 2026-06-17
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references (25)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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