CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72579

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.65%

48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain full control over the researcher's workstation, potentially leading to data theft, malware installation, or further attacks within the network.

Recommendation

Update HyperCP to a patched version. Additionally, secure network communication (e.g., via TLS) and limit trust in responses from external servers.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS