---
id: CVE-2026-72579
title: >-
  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 worksta…
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 worksta…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-78
published: '2026-08-10'
updated: '2026-08-28'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72579'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP'
    label: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
  - url: 'https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP/blob/main/Source/OBPGSession.py'
    label: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.01097
epssPercentile: 0.64175
ingestedAt: '2026-08-29T16:39:15.000Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.