CVE-2024-39835

HIGH

Robot Operating System Noetic Ninjemys and earlier - Remote Code Execution via roslaunch Substitution Args

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Product product

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 6.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-95 CWE-94

Status published

Products (4)

openrobotics/robot_operating_system indigo_igloo

openrobotics/robot_operating_system kinetic_kame

openrobotics/robot_operating_system melodic_morenia

openrobotics/robot_operating_system noetic_ninjemys

Published Jul 17, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026