What is CVE-2024-39835?

CVE-2024-39835 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-2024-39835?

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

RCE in Openrobotics Robot Operating System

CVE-2024-39835

A code injection vulnerability has been identified in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'roslaunch' command-line tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability arises from the use of the eval() method to process user-supplied, unsanitized parameter values within the substitution args mechanism, which roslaunch evaluates before launching a node. This flaw allows attackers to craft and execute arbitrary Python code.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.002 (7.2th 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-2024-39835?: CVE-2024-39835 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-2024-39835?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.