SCA: security update for qiskit-ibm-runtime (GHSA-x4x5-jv3x-9c7m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420291

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Qiskit IBM Runtime is an environment that streamlines quantum computations and provides optimal
implementations of the Qiskit quantum computing SDK. Starting in version 0.1.0 and prior to version
0.21.2, deserializing json data using `qiskit_ibm_runtime.RuntimeDecoder` can lead to arbitrary code
execution given a correctly formatted input string. Version 0.21.2 contains a fix for this issue.
(CVE-2024-29032)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4x5-jv3x-9c7m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420291

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29032

cwe: CWE-502