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.
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:indigo_igloo:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:kinetic_kame:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:melodic_morenia:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:noetic_ninjemys:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| 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. | |
| Title | Unsafe use of eval() method in rostopic echo tool | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-94 CWE-95 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2025-07-17T19:13:34.025Z
Updated: 2025-07-18T08:05:08.288Z
Reserved: 2024-08-08T14:41:22.680Z
Link: CVE-2024-41921
Updated: 2025-07-17T20:37:14.159Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-07-17T20:15:27.750
Modified: 2025-08-26T17:51:29.637
Link: CVE-2024-41921
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