CVE-2020-27837CWE-362

A flaw was found in GDM in versions prior to 3.38.2.1

published December 28, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in GDM in versions prior to 3.38.2.1. A race condition in the handling of session shutdown makes it possible to bypass the lock screen for a user that has autologin enabled, accessing their session without authentication. This is similar to CVE-2017-12164, but requires more difficult conditions to exploit.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00228 · 12.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2020-12-28T18:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 DEC 18:34Z
    A flaw was found in GDM in versions prior to 3.38.2.1
    cvelistv5