Chrome OsOperating system · Google
CVE-2025-1568
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAccess Control Vulnerability in Gerrit chromiumos project configuration in Google ChromeOS 16063.87.0 allows an attacker with a registered Gerrit account to inject malicious code into ChromeOS projects and potentially achieve Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service via editing trusted pipelines by insufficient access controls and misconfigurations in Gerrit's project.config.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA missing or insufficient access control in Gerrit's project.config for the chromiumos project allows any authenticated user to modify trusted CI/CD pipelines. This enables injection of malicious code into the ChromeOS build pipeline, potentially leading to remote code execution on build systems or denial of service through pipeline manipulation.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Chrome OsOperating system
= 16063.87.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Chrome OS versionRun 'chromeos-version' or check /etc/os-release to obtain the installed Chrome OS version numberAffected if The installed version is exactly 16063.87.0
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Confirm Gerrit deploymentLocate the Gerrit installation and identify whether it hosts repositories, specifically checking for the presence of the chromiumos projectAffected if Gerrit is in use and the chromiumos project exists in the repository list
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Locate project.config for chromiumosAccess the Gerrit administrative interface or navigate to the site path (typically under /gerrit/etc or /var/gerrit/repositories) to find the project.config file for the chromiumos projectAffected if The project.config file exists for chromiumos
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Inspect access control groups in project.configOpen project.config and examine the [access] sections, specifically looking at group memberships and permission assignments for the chromiumos projectAffected if Non-admin groups or 'Authenticated Users' have been granted permissions to modify refs/heads/*, refs/meta/config, or pipeline-related refs
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Check for excessive pipeline permissionsReview any capability or permission entries in project.config that grant Push, Edit, or CreateRef permissions to broad groups such as 'Registered Users' or 'Project Owners' on refs matching pipeline patterns (e.g., refs/heads/ci/*, refs/meta/ci/*)Affected if Permissions allow modification of CI/CD-related refs by non-administrative users
A user is affected if their Chrome OS version is exactly 16063.87.0 and their Gerrit configuration grants pipeline modification permissions to non-admin or broad user groups in the chromiumos project.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReview and harden Gerrit project.config access control groups, remove excessive permissions from non-admin accounts, and restrict pipeline editing to a limited set of trusted administrators with multi-factor authentication.
Fix this in Chrome Os
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation6.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-1568 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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