CVE-2025-12405 Unauthorized access through stored credentials in Looker Studio
Users with view access can execute arbitrary SQL on data sources via stored credentials, enabling privilege escalation and data access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12405?
CVE-2025-12405 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Cloud Looker Studio, published on 10 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12405?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12405?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12405 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12405 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m527-2m4j-8qq5.