CVE-2024-41921
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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affected products (8)
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- openrobotics robot operating system= indigo_igloonvdUScpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- openrobotics robot operating system= kinetic_kamenvdUScpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- openrobotics robot operating system= melodic_morenianvdUScpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- openrobotics robot operating system= noetic_ninjemysnvdUScpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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