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SCA: security update for qiskit (GHSA-6m2c-76ff-6vrf)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421131

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2025-2000)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6m2c-76ff-6vrf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 421131

Version: Revision 1.17

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/15/2025

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-2000

cwe: CWE-502