CVE-2025-2000CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p49.8%
CVE-2025-2000CVE-2025-2000
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.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.74% probability of exploitation · percentile 49.8% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2025-03-14 |
| Last modified | 2025-08-18 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Deserialization of Untrusted Datacwe-502 | 0% | live |
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