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

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Published: Jul 17, 2025
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.2% · 10th percentile
CWE: CWE-94

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · canonical: 7.8; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
openrobotics	robot operating system	cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

openrobotics robot operating systemindigo_igloo
openrobotics robot operating systemkinetic_kame
openrobotics robot operating systemmelodic_morenia
openrobotics robot operating systemnoetic_ninjemys

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (canonical). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Open Source Robotics Foundation Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Noetic Ninjemys, Melodic Morenia, Kinetic Kame, Indigo Iglooaffected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:12	ros-ros-comm	from 0	—

Same product

openrobotics: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2024-39780Use of unsafe yaml load in dynparam
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CVE-2024-44852Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 ROS2 navigation2 v.humble was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the component thet
39Monitor
CVE-2024-41650Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 ROS2 navigation2 v.humble allows an attacker to execute arbit
39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-44856Dec 6, 2024 · Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 ROS2 navigation2 v.humble was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component na
30Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-39289Jul 17, 2025 · Unsafe use of eval() method in rosparam tool
31Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-41148Jul 17, 2025 · Unsafe use of eval() method in rostopic hz tool
31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Florencia Cabral Berenfus, Ubuntu Robotics Teamfinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2024-392890 days apartUnsafe use of eval() method in rosparam tool
31Monitor
CVE-2024-411480 days apartUnsafe use of eval() method in rostopic hz tool
31Monitor
CVE-2024-419210 days apartUnsafe use of eval() method in rostopic echo tool
31Monitor
CVE-2025-37530 days apartUnsafe use of eval() method in rosbag tool
31Monitor
CVE-2024-30961224 days apartInsecure Permissions vulnerability in Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 (ROS2) navigation2- ROS2-humble and navigation 2-humble allow
31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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