{"cve":"CVE-2025-2000","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-14T13:15:40.907","modified":"2026-06-17T09:06:03.403","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"references":["https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7185949"],"products":["ibm:qiskit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:17.429720821+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-2000","score":0.0081,"percentile":0.56932,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6m2c-76ff-6vrf","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6m2c-76ff-6vrf","summary":"Qiskit allows arbitrary code execution decoding QPY format versions < 13","modified":"2026-06-29T12:26:43.671288064Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"qiskit-terra","purl":"pkg:pypi/qiskit-terra","ranges":[">=0.18.0 <=0.46.3"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"qiskit","purl":"pkg:pypi/qiskit","ranges":["<1.4.2"],"fixed":["1.4.2"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"qiskit","purl":"pkg:pypi/qiskit","ranges":[">=2.0.0rc1 <2.0.0rc2"],"fixed":["2.0.0rc2"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-510","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-510","summary":"Qiskit allows arbitrary code execution decoding QPY format versions < 13","modified":"2026-07-02T13:00:06.397787881Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"qiskit","purl":"pkg:pypi/qiskit","ranges":["<1.4.2",">=2.0.0rc1 <2.0.0rc2"],"fixed":["1.4.2","2.0.0rc2"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-511","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-511","summary":"Qiskit allows arbitrary code execution decoding QPY format versions < 13","modified":"2026-07-01T20:23:03.448348Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"qiskit-terra","purl":"pkg:pypi/qiskit-terra","ranges":[">=0.18.0 <=0.46.3"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}