UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39835 (CVE-2024-39835)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-07-17 20:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:49 – Source website
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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.


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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A code injection vulnerability has been identified in the Robot Operating System (ROS) \u0027roslaunch\u0027 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39835",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:49:38Z",
  "published": "2025-07-17T20:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39835"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39835"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.ros.org/blog/noetic-eol/"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-39835"
  ]
}



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