ubuntu-cve-2024-41921
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-07-17 20:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:49
Summary
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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A code injection vulnerability has been discovered in the Robot Operating System (ROS) \u0027rostopic\u0027 command-line tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability lies in the \u0027echo\u0027 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41921",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:49:58Z",
  "published": "2025-07-17T20:15:00Z",
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41921"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41921"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.ros.org/blog/noetic-eol/"
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  "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-2024-41921"
  ]
}



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