SQL Injection in Looker Studio
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Looker Studio (Google Cloud) Fixed in 2025-07-07
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12409
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xfg-frpc-8rwp
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-12409 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12409 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9xfg-frpc-8rwp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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