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GHSA-7MG9-54M6-QH35

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-17 21:32 – Updated: 2025-07-17 21:32

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-41921 (GCVE-0-2024-41921)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-17 19:13 – Updated: 2025-07-18 08:05

Summary

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')

Assigner

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References

URL

Tags

https://www.ros.org/blog/noetic-eol/

product

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Open Source Robotics Foundation	Robot Operating System (ROS)	Affected: Noetic Ninjemys Affected: Melodic Morenia Affected: Kinetic Kame Affected: Indigo Igloo

Credits

Florencia Cabral Berenfus, Ubuntu Robotics Team

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-7MG9-54M6-QH35

CVE-2024-41921 (GCVE-0-2024-41921)

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