CVE-2024-41921 (GCVE-0-2024-41921)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-17 19:13
Modified
2025-07-18 08:05
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-95 - Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
A code injection vulnerability has been discovered in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'rostopic' command-line tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability lies in the 'echo' verb, which allows a user to introspect a ROS topic and accepts a user-provided Python expression via the --filter option. This input is passed directly to the eval() function without sanitization, allowing a local user to craft and execute arbitrary code.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://www.ros.org/blog/noetic-eol/Product
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Open Source Robotics Foundation Robot Operating System (ROS) Version: Noetic Ninjemys
Version: Melodic Morenia
Version: Kinetic Kame
Version: Indigo Igloo
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