Unsafe use of eval() method in rosparam tool

published 2025-07-17 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-54800

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits: 0; none known

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 Python code.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 15 mo ago (2025-07-17)

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Open Source Robotics Foundation Robot Operating System (ROS)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

ros.org /blog/noetic-eol/
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-39289
NVD CVE-2024-39289

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Summary