CVE-2024-38926

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 (ROS2) and Nav2 humble versions were discovered to contain a use-after-free via the nav2_amcl process. This vulnerability is triggered via remotely sending a request for change the value of dynamic-parameter `/amcl z_short`.

Affected products

Open Source Robotics Foundation Robot Operating System (ROS): 2-humble, 2-iron

References

https://github.com/GoesM/ROS-CVE-CNVDs
https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4379
https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/pull/4397
https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4379

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