Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-2000
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 47.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8