CVE-2023-43090

mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.30% (23rd) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. GNOME Shell's lock screen allows an unauthenticated local user to view windows of the locked desktop session by using keyboard shortcuts to unlock the restricted functionality of the screenshot tool.

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · patrick@puiterwijk.orgexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

fedoraproject fedora= 37nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 38nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnome-shell= 42nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnome-shell43 → 43.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnome-shell44 → 44.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2445GNOME: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-09-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in GNOME ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-22modified 2026-06-17

references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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