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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-1665 EUVD-2026-5014

Command Injection in nvm via NVM_AUTH_HEADER in wget code path

Published Jan 29, 2026 · Updated Jan 30, 2026 · Assigned by openjs

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'.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nvm-sh nvm 0.40.0 – ≤ 0.40.3 0.40.4

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