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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2025-2000

Qiskit SDK code execution

Description

A maliciously crafted QPY file can potential execute arbitrary-code embedded in the payload without privilege escalation when deserialising QPY formats < 13. A python process calling Qiskit 0.18.0 through 1.4.1's `qiskit.qpy.load()` function could potentially execute any arbitrary Python code embedded in the correct place in the binary file as part of specially constructed payload.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

IBM Qiskit SDK

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0.18.0 to ≤ 1.4.1affected

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