CVE-2024-41148
Unsafe use of eval() method in rostopic hz tool
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Unsafe use of eval() method in rostopic hz tool
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 'hz' verb, which reports the publishing rate of a 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.
Reserved 2024-08-01 | Published 2025-07-17 | Updated 2025-07-18 | Assigner canonicalCWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Florencia Cabral Berenfus, Ubuntu Robotics Team
www.ros.org/blog/noetic-eol/
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