High severity · published Nov 19, 2025
CVE-2025-12472
Remote Code Execution in Looker due to Improperly Validated Directory Deletion
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An attacker with a Looker Developer role could manipulate a LookML project to exploit a race condition during Git directory deletion, leading to arbitrary command execution on the Looker instance. 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/ : * 24.12.103+ * 24.18.195+ * 25.0.72+ * 25.6.60+ * 25.8.42+ * 25.10.22+
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LO
Looker · Google Cloud
before 24.12.103; before 24.18.195; before 25.0.72; before 25.6.60; before 25.8.42; before 25.10.22; +6 more · source: vendor
Affected product
LO
Looker
Google Cloud
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