CVE-2026-72579

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
48%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - nasa/HyperCP · GitHub

https://github.com/nasa/HyperCP

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72579(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 30× in last 7d / 48× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 06:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-19 18:44 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-19 18:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 05:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 06:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-17 06:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 19:12 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-16 19:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-16 07:45 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-16 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-15 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-15 08:53 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-15 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-14 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-14 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-13 22:33 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-13 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-13 11:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-12 23:41 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-12 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-12 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 00:47 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-12 00:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-11 13:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-11 01:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-10 14:29 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-10 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-10 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-10 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-10 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-10 12:02 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-10 11:20 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-10 10:57 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-10 10:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72579?
CVE-2026-72579 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-72579 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72579 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72579 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72579 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 51.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72579?
CVE-2026-72579 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72579?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72579, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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