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Status published
High
CVE-2025-1403
Qiskit SDK denial of service
Vulnerability Description
Qiskit SDK 0.45.0 through 1.2.4 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service using a maliciously crafted QPY file containing a malformed symengine serialization stream which can cause a segfault within the symengine library.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Matthew Treinish and Jake Lishman
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
Qiskit SDK
Vulnerable Versions:
0.45.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 21st, 2025
Last Modified:
August 26th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H