CVE-2009-4997: Gnome Power Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

gnome-power-manager 2.27.92 does not properly implement the lock_on_suspend and lock_on_hibernate settings for locking the screen when the suspend or hibernate button is pressed, which might make it easier for physically proximate attackers to access an unattended laptop via a resume action, a related issue to CVE-2010-2532. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression that followed a gnome-power-manager fix a few years earlier.

Affected products

• Gnome Power Manager: version 2.27.92 only

Published 2010-09-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.