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CVE-2026-1665 (GCVE-0-2026-1665)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-29 23:04 – Updated: 2026-01-30 18:27
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Title
Command Injection in nvm via NVM_AUTH_HEADER in wget code path
Summary
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'.
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Credits
Jiyong Yang (sy2n0@naver.com)
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