Vulnerability · Published Nov 24, 2025 · Assigned by GoogleCloud
CVE-2025-12740Remote Command Execution in Looker via IBM DB2 JDBC drive
High 7.7
In plain English
A high-severity improper input validation in Looker from Google Cloud. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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+
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | Looker | 0 – before 25.0.930 – before 25.6.840 – before 25.12.420 – before 25.14.500 – before 25.16.44 |
| Google Cloud | Looker | 0 – before 25.0.930 – before 25.6.840 – before 25.12.420 – before 25.14.500 – before 25.16.44 |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Red