CVE-2026-1665

Medium

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'.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability56. percentile0.8%
ProductNvm
PublishedJan 29, 2026
First seenJan 29, 2026

How to fix

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nvm-sh nvm0.40.0 ≤ v ≤ 0.40.3—

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