CVE-2026-4870

Qiskit SDK is vulnerable to specific functions may recurse too deeply and overflow the available stack space, when encountering certain classical expressions.

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 12, 2026 at 08:52 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorQiskit Software Development Kitqiskit_sdkQiskit

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

0.43.0 ≤ v < 1.4.62.0.0 ≤ v < 2.4.2
Affected range stops below 1.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Qiskit· IBMcomposer
90%
0.43.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.5.00.43.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: cverecord
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7276123

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHibm
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-674

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