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CVE-2026-1665

A command injection vulnerability exists in nvm (Node Version Manager) versions 0.40.3 and below.

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.73%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in nvm (Node Version Manager) versions 0.40.3 and below. The nvm_download() function uses eval to execute wget commands, and the NVM_AUTH_HEADER environment variable was not sanitized in the wget code path (though it was sanitized in the curl code path). An attacker who can set environment variables in a victim's shell environment (e.g., via malicious CI/CD configurations, compromised dotfiles, or Docker images) can inject arbitrary shell commands that execute when the victim runs nvm commands that trigger downloads, such as 'nvm install' or 'nvm ls-remote'.

CVSS 4.0: 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.73% probability · 52th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-95
Source: ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.