CVE-2026-121749: nvm-sh nvm

nvm passes the version pattern to grep without -e, letting a .nvmrc inject grep options and read local files

CVSS 4.6 MediumEPSS 0.0016 · 5th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: harborist) at 4 Nov 2026, 21:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
nvm-sh	nvm	affected 0.5.0 to before 0.41.0 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-121749

CNA

harborist

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-88

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.6	Medium	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (harborist)Used for this record
3.3	Low	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	CNA (harborist)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

4 Nov 2026, 21:31 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
4 Nov 2026, 21:43 UTC First seen by agentprime
4 Nov 2026, 22:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/security/advisories/GHSA-xmxw-6r9w-89gc vendor-advisory
github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/commit/bce663e3873fadbe8ebbc6e07e8d76fb12d5d69e patch

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.