CVE-2025-12409 SQL Injection in Looker Studio
Attackers can exfiltrate BigQuery data by tricking victims into viewing malicious reports with native functions enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12409?
CVE-2025-12409 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Google Cloud Looker Studio, published on 10 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in Looker Studio that allowed for data exfiltration from BigQuery data sources. By creating a malicious report with native functions enabled, and having the victim access the report, an attacker could execute injected SQL queries with the victim's permissions in BigQuery.
This vulnerability was patched on 07 July 2025, and no customer action is needed.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12409?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12409?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12409 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2025-12409 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12409 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xfg-frpc-8rwp.