# CVE-2025-12472: Remote Code Execution in Looker due to Improperly Validated Directory Deletion

> CVE-2025-12472: Remote Code Execution in Looker due to Improperly Validated Directory Deletion. CVSS 7.1 (CVSS 4.0).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-12472
Last updated: 2026-10-18T20:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-11-19 10:27 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-18 20:10 UTC · Assigner: GoogleCloud
- CVSS: 7.1 (CVSS 4.0) · Severity: High
- EPSS: 0.27%, 19th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-362

## 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+

## Affected vendors and products

- Google Cloud: Looker

## Tracked companies

- [Google Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/google-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12472)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12472)
- [https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins\#gcp-2025-052](https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins#gcp-2025-052)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-12472 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-12472.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-12472 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:44.707Z