CVE-2024-29032

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Qiskit IBM Runtime versions 0.1.0 through 0.21.1

Description The issue concerns the deserialization of JSON data using qiskit ibm runtime.RuntimeDecoder, which can lead to arbitrary code execution given a correctly formatted input string. This is possible because the decoder can be made to spawn a subprocess and execute arbitrary code. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions 0.1.0 through 0.21.1, update to version 0.21.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of qiskit ibm runtime.RuntimeDecoder for deserializing JSON data from untrusted sources until a patch is available. Restrict access to the qiskit ibm runtime.RuntimeDecoder function to minimize the risk of exploitation.