Riskcovery

CVE-2024-39835

Unsafe use of eval() method in roslaunch tool

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jul 17, 2025
Updated
Jul 18, 2025
Reserved
Aug 8, 2024

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Description

A code injection vulnerability has been identified in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'roslaunch' command-line tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability arises from the use of the eval() method to process user-supplied, unsanitized parameter values within the substitution args mechanism, which roslaunch evaluates before launching a node. This flaw allows attackers to craft and execute arbitrary Python code.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hcanonical

Weaknesses

  • CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Robot Operating System (ROS)Open Source Robotics Foundation
  • Noetic NinjemysAffected
  • Melodic MoreniaAffected
  • Kinetic KameAffected
  • Indigo IglooAffected

References

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