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CVE-2024-39289 — A code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the Robot Operating System

A code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'rosparam' tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability stems from the use of the eval() function to process unsanitized, user-supplied parameter v

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
2.00% (top 94.20%)
CWE
CWE-95, CWE-94
Published
2025-07-17T19:11:07.080Z
Last modified
2025-07-18T08:04:04.631Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'rosparam' tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability stems from the use of the eval() function to process unsanitized, user-supplied parameter values via special converters for angle representations in radians. This flaw allowed attackers to craft and execute arbitrary…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Open Source Robotics FoundationRobot Operating System (ROS)Noetic Ninjemys, Melodic Morenia, Kinetic Kame, Indigo Igloo

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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