What is CVE-2026-72579?

CVE-2026-72579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nasa Hypercp, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-72579?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in Nasa Hypercp

CVE-2026-72579

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 workstati…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nasa Hypercp — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (third-party-advisory)
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (technical-description)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72579?: CVE-2026-72579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nasa Hypercp, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-72579?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.