CVE-2026-4870

IBM Qiskit SDK 0.43.0 through 2.5.0 could allow an attacker to trigger a segmentation fault leading to a denial of service due to uncontrolled recursion in the parser.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7276123	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qiskit_software_development_kit::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qiskit_software_development_kit::::::::

History

25 Oct 2026, 23:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) IBM Qiskit SDK 0.43.0 hasta 2.5.0 podría permitir a un atacante desencadenar un fallo de segmentación que conduce a una denegación de servicio debido a recursión incontrolada en el analizador.

Information

Published : 2026-06-12 21:16

Updated : 2026-10-25 23:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-4870

Mitre link : CVE-2026-4870

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-4870

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

qiskit_software_development_kit

CWE

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

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