Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2025 · Assigned by canonical

CVE-2025-3753Unsafe use of eval() method in rosbag 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 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A code execution vulnerability has been identified in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'rosbag' tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability arises from the use of the eval() function to process unsanitized, user-supplied input in the 'rosbag filter' command. This flaw enables 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-2025-3753
Debian:13	ros-ros-comm	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3753
Debian:14	ros-ros-comm	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3753
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	ros-ros-comm	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3753

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