What is CVE-2024-38462?

CVE-2024-38462 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Irods, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-38462?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Irods

CVE-2024-38462

iRODS before 4.3.2 provides an msiSendMail function with a problematic dependency on the mail binary, such as in the mailMS.cpp#L94-L106 reference.

Published 2024-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Irods

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

github.com/irods/irods/issues/7651 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
github.com/irods/irods/issues/7562 (Issue Tracking)
irods.org/2024/05/irods-4-3-2-is-released/ (Release Notes)
github.com/irods/irods/blob/97eb33f130349db5e01a4b85e89dd1da81460345/server/re/… (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38462?: CVE-2024-38462 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Irods, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-38462?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.