CVE-2024-39835 HIGH

CVE-2024-39835: Unsafe use of eval() method in roslaunch tool

Vendor Open Source Robotics Foundation
Product Robot Operating System (ROS)
Weakness CWE-95 · Eval injection
Published July 17, 2025
Last update July 18, 2025
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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 code injection vulnerability has been identified in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'roslaunch' command-line tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability arises from the use of the eval() method to process user-supplied, unsanitized parameter values within the substitution args mechanism, which roslaunch evaluates before launching a node. This flaw allows attackers to craft and execute arbitrary Python code.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 17, 2025 CVE published
July 18, 2025 Record updated