PT-2025-29953 · Unknown+1 · Robot Operating System+1

Published 2025-07-17 · Updated 2025-07-18 · CVE-2024-41921

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Robot Operating System (ROS) versions prior to Noetic Ninjemys

Description A code injection issue exists in the rostopic command-line tool within the Robot Operating System (ROS). The vulnerability is located in the echo verb, which utilizes the --filter option to accept a user-provided Python expression. This input is directly passed to the eval() function without proper sanitization, potentially enabling a local user to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations Update to ROS Noetic Ninjemys or a later version to address this issue.

Fix

Code Injection

Eval Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

CWE-95

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-41921

Affected Products

Debian

Robot Operating System

References · 11

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-41921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41921 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41921 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1946029711487824075 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/129371 · Telegram Post
• https://ros.org/blog/noetic-eol · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1945932470144410098 · Twitter Post