CVE-2024-42002
Publication date 28 September 2026
Last updated 29 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
A code injection vulnerability has been discovered in the Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) 'ros2topic' command-line tool, affecting all ROS 2 distributions from Crystal Clemmys up to and including Lyrical Luth and Rolling Ridley. 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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ros-foxy-ros2topic | 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 0.9.13+20.04.3-0
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
8.6 · High
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
8.4 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H