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TI-2026-50837 Aliases CVE-2026-72579GHSA-x6m6-xccc-227g

NASA HyperCP - OS Command Injection via Malicious HTTP Response from Data Server

Priority LOW 37CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01097 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

No affected products listed by the sources yet.

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72579
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x6m6-xccc-227g

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-21552 CryptoLib Has Heap Overflow in Crypto_TM_ProcessSecurity due to Unchecked Secondary Header Length CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2025-18986 The Memory Management Module of NASA cFS (Core Flight System) Aquila has insecure… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-36754 A command injection vulnerability in the Command Dispatcher Service of NASA Fprime v3.4.3… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-36752 A template injection vulnerability in the Dashboard of NASA Fprime v3.4.3 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-42833 AIT-DSN < 2.2.2 Missing Authentication via SLE API Routes CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-21662 Heap Buffer Overflow via Incomplete Length Check in `Crypto_TC_ApplySecurity` CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
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Sources

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