What is CVE-2024-39289?

CVE-2024-39289 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openrobotics Robot Operating System, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-39289?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Openrobotics Robot Operating System

CVE-2024-39289

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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.002 (7.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openrobotics Robot_operating_system — versions indigo_igloo, kinetic_kame, melodic_morenia
Open Source Robotics Foundation Robot Operating System (Ros) — versions Noetic Ninjemys, Melodic Morenia, Kinetic Kame

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@ubuntu.com (Product, product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39289?: CVE-2024-39289 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openrobotics Robot Operating System, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-39289?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.