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

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72579",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "NASA HyperCP - OS Command Injection via Malicious HTTP Response from Data Server",
    "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.",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/nasa/hypercp",
              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.807146653Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72579.json",
        "https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72579",
        "https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP/blob/main/Source/OBPGSession.py"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493519,
  "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:41:13.136+00:00"
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