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CVE-2024-38462

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

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.

Affected products

• Irods: before 4.3.2 — fixed in 4.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Irods 4.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/irods/irods/blob/97eb33f130349db5e01a4b85e89dd1da81460345/server/re/src/mailMS.cpp#L94-L106
• https://github.com/irods/irods/issues/7562
• https://github.com/irods/irods/issues/7651
• https://irods.org/2024/05/irods-4-3-2-is-released/
• https://github.com/irods/irods/blob/97eb33f130349db5e01a4b85e89dd1da81460345/server/re/src/mailMS.cpp#L94-L106
• https://github.com/irods/irods/issues/7562
• https://github.com/irods/irods/issues/7651
• https://irods.org/2024/05/irods-4-3-2-is-released/

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