CVE-2025-12472 Remote Code Execution in Looker due to Improperly Validated Directory Deletion
A Looker Developer can exploit a race condition during directory deletion to execute arbitrary commands on the instance.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12472?
CVE-2025-12472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Cloud Looker, published on 19 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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+
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12472?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12472?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12472 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12472 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2h5q-w7wv-63r9.