CVE-2025-12740: Google Cloud Looker

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Google Cloud Looker: before 25.0.93 (fixed in 25.0.93); before 25.6.84 (fixed in 25.6.84); before 25.12.42 (fixed in 25.12.42); before 25.14.50 (fixed in 25.14.50); before 25.16.44 (fixed in 25.16.44)

Published 2025-11-24. Last modified 2026-10-08.