CVE-2024-41148: Unsafe use of eval() method in rostopic hz tool

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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.

Affected products

Open Source Robotics Foundation Robot Operating System (ROS): indigo_igloo, kinetic_kame, melodic_morenia, noetic_ninjemys

References

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

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