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CVE-2025-12741

Status: DeferredHigh (7.7)—

A Looker user with Developer role could create a database connection using Denodo driver and, by manipulating LookML, cause Looker to execute a malicious command.

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.

Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report
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/ :
  *  24.12.108+
  *  24.18.200+
  *  25.0.78+
  *  25.6.65+
  *  25.8.47+
  *  25.12.10+
  *  25.14+

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Denodo — DenodoAIGoogle — LookerAI

CWEs

References

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