{"cve":"CVE-2020-17489","nvd":{"published":"2020-08-11T21:15:10.837","modified":"2026-06-17T02:59:00.667","status":"Modified","description":"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.)","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":4.3},"cwes":["CWE-522"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00028.html","https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/2997","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00014.html","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-08","https://usn.ubuntu.com/4464-1/"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","gnome:gnome-shell","opensuse:leap"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:09:20.498348299+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-17489","score":0.00553,"percentile":0.46225,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}