Security advisory

{
  "id": "708ffe35daff37c22bc28bc2bd245fab1cf0e73396baaeba3d734af4eef25421",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2000",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-2000",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-2000",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-2000",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-2000",
        "GHSA-6m2c-76ff-6vrf",
        "PYSEC-2026-510",
        "PYSEC-2026-511"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/qiskit/qiskit",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5ca967557b21828c0760763b7f0c5870e5f032d9"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3da3d5ad37dd0b255ab83582d43ff7ee33fa9edf"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qiskit:*:*:*:*:*:php:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.18.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.4.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.4.1",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.3.0",
            "1.3.0rc2",
            "1.3.0rc1",
            "1.3.0b1",
            "1.1.0rc1",
            "1.0.0rc1",
            "1.0.0b1",
            "0.45.0rc1",
            "0.25.0rc1",
            "0.24.0rc1",
            "0.23.0rc1",
            "0.22.0rc1",
            "0.21.0rc1",
            "0.20.0",
            "0.19.0",
            "0.18.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-2000.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:59.458173142Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7185949"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-2000",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439323,
  "published_at": "2025-03-14T13:15:40.907+00:00"
}