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CVE-2024-38462

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-38462 is a critical vulnerability affecting iRODS versions prior to 4.3.2, stemming from a problematic dependency in the msiSendMail function on the system's mail binary. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score is low and there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, its critical severity warrants immediate attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irods:irods:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / irods/irods/blob/97eb33f130349db5e01a4b85e89dd1da81460345/server/re/src/mailMS.cpp
Product
github.com / irods/irods/issues/7562
Issue Tracking
github.com / irods/irods/issues/7651
Issue TrackingPatch
irods.org / 2024/05/irods-4-3-2-is-released
Release Notes