Google Looker up to 25.16.43 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Looker up to 25.0.92/25.6.83/25.12.41/25.14.49/25.16.43. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-12740. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Looker up to 25.0.92/25.6.83/25.12.41/25.14.49/25.16.43 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Looker user with a Developer role could create a database connection using IBM DB2 driver and, by manipulating LookML, cause Looker to execute a malicious command, due to inadequate filtering of the driver's parameters. 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/ : * 25.0.93+ * 25.6.84+ * 25.12.42+ * 25.14.50+ * 25.16.44+

The weakness was published by Ryotak as gcp-2025-052. The advisory is shared at cloud.google.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12740 since 11/05/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/24/2025).

Upgrading to version 25.0.93, 25.6.84, 25.12.42, 25.14.50 or 25.16.44 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Looker 25.0.93/25.6.84/25.12.42/25.14.50/25.16.44

Timelineinfo

11/05/2025 CVE reserved
11/24/2025 +19 days Advisory disclosed
11/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: gcp-2025-052
Researcher: Ryotak
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-12740 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12740
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-333365

Entryinfo

Created: 11/24/2025 12:53
Changes: 11/24/2025 12:53 (68)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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