CVE-2026-72579

Published: Aug 10, 2026Modified: Aug 28, 2026Deferred

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 5.9

Source: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (2)

https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP

Source: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c

https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP/blob/main/Source/OBPGSession.py

Source: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c

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