CVE-2024-36472

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically (without user confirmation) based on network responses provided by an adversary (e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network), and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumption or other impacts depending on the JavaScript code's behavior.

Published 2024-05-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.