Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2025· Updated Jul 18, 2025
Unsafe use of eval() method in rostopic echo tool
CVE-2024-41921
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Open Source Robotics Foundation/Robot Operating System (ROS)v5Range: Noetic Ninjemys
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- www.ros.org/blog/noetic-eol/mitreproduct
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