Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-72579 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-72579 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-72579?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 10 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Nasa HyperCP main branch.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-72579?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-72579 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network or from the adjacent network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-72579?
- Check whether you run Nasa HyperCP at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an OS command injection flaw in NASA HyperCP's main branch, triggered when the application processes data from oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov. An attacker with network-adjacent access (capable of ARP spoofing, DNS hijacking, or man-in-the-middle interception) can spoof responses from the remote server. The application does not properly sanitize or validate the server responses before passing them to system command execution, allowing arbitrary command injection. This requires network proximity and the ability to intercept or spoof DNS/network traffic, but does not require user authentication or interaction. Patches or fixes may be available in the repository; consult the NASA HyperCP project for remediation.
Affected products
- NASA HyperCP main branch
Timeline
- 2026-08-10: disclosed