CVE-2025-6177 — ChromeOS MiniOS Root Code Execution Bypass While Dev Mode Blocked

CVE-2025-6177

ChromeOS MiniOS Root Code Execution Bypass While Dev Mode Blocked PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Privilege Escalation in MiniOS in Google ChromeOS (16063.45.2 and potentially others) on enrolled devices allows a local attacker to gain root code execution via exploiting a debug shell (VT3 console) accessible through specific key combinations during developer mode entry and MiniOS access, even when developer mode is blocked by device policy or Firmware Write Protect (FWMP).

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Google / ChromeOS	affected 16063.45.2

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/382540412
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/b/382540412

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.