{"id":75162,"date":"2025-09-15T09:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:18:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-04T00:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T06:13:51","slug":"cve-2024-41148-serious-code-injection-vulnerability-in-robot-operating-system-ros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-41148-serious-code-injection-vulnerability-in-robot-operating-system-ros\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-41148: Serious Code Injection Vulnerability in Robot Operating System (ROS)<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post will explore a recent discovery of a code injection vulnerability in the Robot Operating System (ROS). This vulnerability, with the identifier CVE-2024-41148, involves the &#8216;rostopic&#8217; command-line tool used in ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54887-significant-security-vulnerability-in-jwe-ruby-encryption-implementation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82705\">vulnerability is significant<\/a> as it allows for the potential execution of arbitrary code, which poses serious risks, including system compromise or data leakage. As ROS is widely used in robotics research and development, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58280-object-heap-address-exposure-vulnerability-in-ark-ets\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87237\">vulnerability could have a significant impact if not addressed<\/a> promptly and effectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-41148<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS score 7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82876\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4271999347\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-39289-critical-code-execution-vulnerability-in-robot-operating-system-s-rosparam-tool\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88717\">Robot Operating<\/a> System (ROS) | Noetic Ninjemys and earlier<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability lies in the &#8216;hz&#8217; verb of the &#8216;rostopic&#8217; command-line tool. This verb reports the publishing rate of a topic and accepts a user-provided Python expression via the &#8211;filter option. The Python expression supplied by the user is passed directly to the eval() function without any form of sanitization. This allows a local user to craft and execute arbitrary code, creating a code <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-53499-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-jeewms-v3-7-cgreportcontroller-api\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82747\">injection vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1338753466\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a<br \/>\n<strong>conceptual<\/strong><br \/>\n example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is not actual exploit code, but a simplified representation to demonstrate the concept:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># User supplies a Python expression via the --filter option\n.\/rostopic hz --filter=&quot;os.system(&#039;rm -rf \/&#039;)&quot; \/topic_name<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the `os.system(&#8216;rm -rf \/&#8217;)` is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53518-an-integer-overflow-vulnerability-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution-in-the-biosig-project-libbiosig\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83241\">arbitrary command that gets executed due to the vulnerability<\/a>. This particular command would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9048-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wptobe-memberships-plugin-in-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85218\">delete all files<\/a> in the system. In a real-world scenario, an attacker could craft a command that suits their specific malicious intent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are strongly advised to apply the vendor patch once it is available. In the meantime, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as a temporary mitigation measure. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45968-insecure-direct-object-reference-vulnerability-in-system-pdv-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82994\">systems<\/a> can help detect and prevent attempts to exploit this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post will explore a recent discovery of a code injection vulnerability in the Robot Operating System (ROS). This vulnerability, with the identifier CVE-2024-41148, involves the &#8216;rostopic&#8217; command-line tool used in ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. This vulnerability is significant as it allows for the potential execution of arbitrary code, which poses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[78],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-75162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75162"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81528,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75162\/revisions\/81528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=75162"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=75162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}