Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2025 · Assigned by canonical

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

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity code injection in Robot Operating System (ROS) from Open Source Robotics Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	ros-ros-comm	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39835
Debian:13	ros-ros-comm	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39835
Debian:14	ros-ros-comm	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39835
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	ros-ros-comm	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39835

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Open Source Robotics Foundation	Robot Operating System (ROS)	Noetic NinjemysMelodic MoreniaKinetic KameIndigo Igloo

Weakness: CWE-95, CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ros.org/blog/noetic-eol/ product