FKIE_CVE-2026-15921

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-15 22:16 - Updated: 2026-07-16 14:16
Severity
3.1 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Node Version Manager (nvm) is a POSIX-compliant shell function for managing multiple node.js versions. In versions 0.32.1 through 0.40.5, `nvm ls-remote` (and other commands that refresh remote LTS aliases, such as `nvm install --lts`) parse the node.js mirror's `index.tab` and use each release's LTS codename field as an alias filename without validating it. A malicious, compromised, or man-in-the-middled mirror can return an LTS codename containing path-traversal sequences such as `../../../.bashrc`, causing nvm to write the associated version string to a path outside `$NVM_DIR/alias`. With the default layout (`$NVM_DIR` is `~/.nvm`), this can create or overwrite files in the user's home directory, including shell startup files, which can lead to code execution in a later shell session. Exploitation requires the victim to use a hostile mirror -- via a compromised mirror or CDN, a network man-in-the-middle, or a maliciously configured `NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR`/`NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR` -- and to run an affected command. Version 0.40.6 validates remote LTS codenames as safe alias filenames and rejects `..` path components when writing alias files.
References
7ffcee3d-2c14-4c3e-b844-86c6a321a158https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/commit/9275c5badda1d9d0cdad6f34598a111033eadb42
7ffcee3d-2c14-4c3e-b844-86c6a321a158https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/security/advisories/GHSA-4ghp-wxpw-rhpg
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/security/advisories/GHSA-4ghp-wxpw-rhpg
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-16T14:16:49.230",
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