CVE-2025-12405: Unauthorized access through stored credentials in Looker Studio

Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-11-10 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability was found in Looker Studio. It impacted all JDBC-based connectors. A Looker Studio user with report view access could make a copy of the report and execute arbitrary SQL that would run on the data source database due to the stored credentials attached to the report. This vulnerability was patched on 21 July 2025, and no customer action is needed.

Affected products

Google Cloud Looker Studio: before 2025-07-21 — fixed in 2025-07-21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Cloud Looker Studio 2025-07-21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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