GCP BigQueryDTS RCE via Improper JDBC Connection String Validation
CVE-2026-12717 Published on August 26, 2026

Remote Code Execution in BigQuery Data Transfer Service via JDBC Connection String Injection
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in CData JDBC driver integration in Google Cloud BigQuery Data Transfer Service versions prior to 2026-05-01 on Google Cloud Platform allows an authenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution in the connector container and escalate privileges in the tenant project using crafted JDBC connection string parameters. This vulnerability was patched on 1 May 2026, and no customer action is needed.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-12717 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Software has certain assumptions about what constitutes data and control respectively. It is the lack of verification of these assumptions for user-controlled input that leads to injection problems. Injection problems encompass a wide variety of issues -- all mitigated in very different ways and usually attempted in order to alter the control flow of the process. For this reason, the most effective way to discuss these weaknesses is to note the distinct features which classify them as injection weaknesses. The most important issue to note is that all injection problems share one thing in common -- i.e., they allow for the injection of control plane data into the user-controlled data plane. This means that the execution of the process may be altered by sending code in through legitimate data channels, using no other mechanism. While buffer overflows, and many other flaws, involve the use of some further issue to gain execution, injection problems need only for the data to be parsed. The most classic instantiations of this category of weakness are SQL injection and format string vulnerabilities.

CVE-2026-12717 has been classified to as an Injection vulnerability or weakness.


Affected Versions

Google Cloud BigQuery Data Transfer Service: