CVE-2025-12740
Remote Command Execution in Looker via IBM DB2 JDBC drive
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.7 High
- Published
- Nov 24, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 24, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 5, 2025
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+
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.7 High | 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 | GoogleCloud |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LookerGoogle Cloud |
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LookerGoogle Cloud |
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References
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