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CVE-2026-1665

MEDIUM
5.4CVSS
Published: 2026-01-29
Updated: 2026-01-29
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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 Metrics

Vector
CVSS: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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
passive
Confidentiality
undefined
Integrity
undefined
Availability
undefined
Weaknesses
CWE-78CWE-95

Metadata

Primary Vendor
UNKNOWN
Published
1/29/2026
Last Modified
1/29/2026
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

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