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

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.

Published: 2025-07-17 Last update: 2025-08-26 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-41148 is rated Low Risk (39.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-41148

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-13 0.02% 0.08% +0.05%
2 2025-07-18 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-41148

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-41148

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-41148

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2024-41148 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ros-ros-comm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-41148
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-41148 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (ros-kinetic-ros-comm, ros-melodic-ros-comm, ros-noetic-ros-comm, ros-ros-comm), 15 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, ignored 4, needs-triage 4, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41148

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-41148

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openrobotics robot_operating_system indigo_igloo cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:indigo_igloo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openrobotics robot_operating_system kinetic_kame cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:kinetic_kame:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openrobotics robot_operating_system melodic_morenia cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:melodic_morenia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openrobotics robot_operating_system noetic_ninjemys cpe:2.3:o:openrobotics:robot_operating_system:noetic_ninjemys:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-41148

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