Cloud Looker CVE-2024-8912

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-8912?

CVE-2024-8912 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.9 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

HIGH

HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444)

2024-10-11 cve-coordination@google.com

Authentication Bypass Request Smuggling Google Cloud Looker

8.9

CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: google

Severity by source

Vendor (google) PRIMARY

8.9 HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Primary rating from Vendor (google) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: google

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 11, 2024 - 19:15 cve.org

HIGH 8.9

DescriptionCVE.org

An HTTP Request Smuggling vulnerability in Looker allowed an unauthorized attacker to capture HTTP responses destined for legitimate users.

There are two Looker versions that are hosted by Looker:

Looker (Google Cloud core) was found to be vulnerable. This issue has already been mitigated and our investigation has found no signs of exploitation.
Looker (original) was not vulnerable to this issue.

Customer-hosted Looker instances were found to be vulnerable and must be upgraded.

This vulnerability has been patched in all supported versions of customer-hosted Looker, which are available on the Looker download page https://download.looker.com/ .

For Looker customer-hosted instances, please update to the latest supported version of Looker as soon as possible. The versions below have all been updated to protect from this vulnerability. You can download these versions at the Looker download page:

23.12 -> 23.12.123+
23.18 -> 23.18.117+
24.0 -> 24.0.92+
24.6 -> 24.6.77+
24.8 -> 24.8.66+
24.10 -> 24.10.78+
24.12 -> 24.12.56+
24.14 -> 24.14.37+

AnalysisAI

An HTTP Request Smuggling vulnerability in Looker allowed an unauthorized attacker to capture HTTP responses destined for legitimate users. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444), which allows attackers to manipulate HTTP request interpretation between frontend and backend servers. An HTTP Request Smuggling vulnerability in Looker allowed an unauthorized attacker to capture HTTP responses destined for legitimate users. There are two Looker versions that are hosted by Looker: * Looker (Google Cloud core) was found to be vulnerable. This issue has already been mitigated and our investigation has found no signs of exploitation. * Looker (original) was not vulnerable to this issue. Customer-hosted Looker instances were found to be vulnerable and must be upgraded. This vulnerability has been patched in all supported versions of customer-hosted Looker, which are available on the Looker download page https://download.looker.com/ . For Looker customer-hosted instances, please update to the latest supported version of Looker as soon as possible. The versions below have all been updated to protect from this vulnerability. You can download these versions at the Looker download page: * 23.12 -> 23.12.123+ * 23.18 -> 23.18.117+ * 24.0 -> 24.0.92+ * 24.6 -> 24.6.77+ * 24.8 -> 24.8.66+ * 24.10 -> 24.10.78+ * 24.12 -> 24.12.56+ * 24.14 -> 24.14.37+ Affected products include: Google Cloud Looker.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Enforce strict HTTP parsing, normalize requests at proxy layer, use HTTP/2 end-to-end, reject ambiguous headers.