Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 (ROS2) and Nav2 humble versions were discovered to contain a use-after-free via the nav2_amcl proc…

published 2024-12-06 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-37694

cvss: 9.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

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 to change the value of dynamic-parameter`/amcl odom_frame_id` .

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2#4397 pull request

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-11)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4379 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

References

github.com /ros-navigation/navigation2/pull/4397
third-party-advisory
github.com /ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4379
exploit, issue-tracking
github.com /GoesM/ROS-CVE-CNVDs
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-38923
NVD CVE-2024-38923

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Summary