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I wonder if it applies to GNOME extensions
Haven't heard anything like that. Doesn't mean for sure it's not there, but if it is we would've heard of it, considering how popular GNOME is.
If KDE can have it gnome certainly can
In theory: yes.
In practice: depends on how things are implemented
The jump from v5 to v6 is quite a big one. It is understandable things can fall thru the cracks.
Nevertheless, allowing themes (especially of unknown source) to execute arbitrary code is never a good idea.
GNOME extensions aren't themes, though. They're executable by design and intuition; they're basically applets.
However, GNOME does have themes (hidden in the GNOME-Tweaks app) and AFAIK they're purely CSS.
Well then I wonder if a gnome extension could take over your machine and attack other machines on the network