Google Looker up to 25.10.21 command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Looker up to 25.10.21. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-12155. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Looker up to 25.10.21. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Command Injection vulnerability, resulting from improper file path sanitization (Directory Traversal) in Looker allows an attacker with Developer permission to execute arbitrary shell commands when a user is deleted on the host system. Looker-hosted and Self-hosted were found to be vulnerable. This issue has already been mitigated for Looker-hosted instances. No user action is required for these. Self-hosted instances must be upgraded as soon as possible. This vulnerability has been patched in all supported versions of Self-hosted. The versions below have all been updated to protect from this vulnerability. You can download these versions at the Looker download page https://download.looker.com/ : * 24.12.100+ * 24.18.192+ * 25.0.69+ * 25.6.57+ * 25.8.39+ * 25.10.22+

The weakness was disclosed by Tomas Lažauninkas as gcp-2025-052. It is possible to read the advisory at cloud.google.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12155 since 10/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/10/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 24.12.100, 24.18.192, 25.0.69, 25.6.57, 25.8.39 or 25.10.22 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-44040). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Looker 24.12.100/24.18.192/25.0.69/25.6.57/25.8.39/25.10.22

Timelineinfo

10/24/2025 CVE reserved
11/10/2025 +17 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: gcp-2025-052
Researcher: Tomas Lažauninkas
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-12155 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12155
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-331667
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2025 11:56
Updated: 11/10/2025 12:10
Changes: 11/10/2025 11:56 (71), 11/10/2025 12:04 (1), 11/10/2025 12:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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