CVE-2021-20315

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A locking protection bypass flaw was found in some versions of gnome-shell as shipped within CentOS Stream 8, when the "Application menu" or "Window list" GNOME extensions are enabled. This flaw allows a physical attacker who has access to a locked system to kill existing applications and start new ones as the locked user, even if the session is still locked.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-667

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 18, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-20315: Medium severity, CVSS 6.1 | Vulnix