--- title: "CVE-2024-42002\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42002?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2024-42002 Publication date 28 September 2026 Last updated 28 September 2026 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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 Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | ros-foxy-ros2topic | 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 0.9.13+20.04.3-0 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-42002) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42002) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-42002) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42002) ### Other references * * *