Vulnerability in Gnome Gnome-Shell
CVE-2020-17489
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.)
EPSS: 0.006 (43.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Gnome Gnome-shell
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 20.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-17489?
- CVE-2020-17489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnome Gnome-Shell, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-08-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-17489?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.