CVE-2024-39780 HIGH

CVE-2024-39780: Use of unsafe yaml load in dynparam

Vendor Open Source Robotics Foundation
Product Robot Operating System (ROS)
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published April 2, 2025
Last update June 18, 2025

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A YAML deserialization vulnerability was found in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'dynparam', a command-line tool for getting, setting, and deleting parameters of a dynamically configurable node, affecting ROS distributions Noetic and earlier. The issue is caused by the use of the yaml.load() function in the 'set' and 'get' verbs, and allows for the creation of arbitrary Python objects. Through this flaw, a local or remote user can craft and execute arbitrary Python code.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 2, 2025 CVE published
June 18, 2025 Record updated