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
Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 24(Track)EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 42%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 6, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00023.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00049.html
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3820
- secalert@redhathttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/851
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3966-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00023.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00049.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3820
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/851
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3966-1/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-3820(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHBA-2020:1539Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5.6-1 - RHEL7 Container
- RHBA-2020:1540Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.4-1 - RHEL7 Container
- RHSA-2019:3553Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | gnome-shell-common (3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.2) @ cosmic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | gnome-shell-common (3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower:3.5.6-1 | 2020-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-tower-36/ansible-tower:3.6.4-1 | 2020-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | xchat-1:2.8.8-25.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | webkit2gtk3-0:2.24.3-1.el8 | 2019-11-05 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-shell | — | 3.30.2-3 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-shell | — | 3.30.2-3 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-shell | — | 3.30.2-3 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-shell | — | 3.30.2-3 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(3)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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