GHSA-3pwp-2fqj-6g2p: Duplicate Advisory: Qiskit allows arbitrary code execution decoding QPY format versions < 13
This advisory was withdrawn on Mar 14, 2025. The publisher no longer considers it a valid vulnerability.
Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-6m2c-76ff-6vrf. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description A maliciously crafted QPY file can potential execute arbitrary-code embedded in the payload without privilege escalation when deserialising QPY formats < 13.
Published Mar 14, 2025
Affected packages
qiskit
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- <= 1.4.1
- Fixed in
- No patched version yet
- Check
pip show qiskit
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-6m2c-76ff-6vrf. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original 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.
References
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