CVE-2026-72579CWE-78command-injection

CVE-2026-72579

High · published August 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An OS command injection vulnerability in NASA HyperCP (main branch) allows a network-adjacent attacker who can intercept or spoof responses from oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov to execute arbitrary system commands on the researcher's workstation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01097 · 65.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-08-10T15:17Z
References (2)
https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP · 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2chttps://github.com/nasa/HyperCP/blob/main/Source/OBPGSession.py · 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 10:41Z
    NASA HyperCP - OS Command Injection via Malicious HTTP Response from Data Server
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