# CVE-2024-42002: Unsafe use of eval() method in ros2 topic hz tool

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-28 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- ros2topic: Rolling Ridley, Lyrical Luth, Kilted Kaiju, Jazzy Jalisco, Iron Irwini, Humble Hawksbill, Galactic Geochelone, Foxy Fitzroy, Eloquent Elusor, Dashing Diademata, Crystal Clemmys

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/ros2/ros2cli/pull/1001
- https://github.com/ros2/ros2cli/pull/133#discussion_r223081766

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