{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-121748", "assignerOrgId": "7ffcee3d-2c14-4c3e-b844-86c6a321a158", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "harborist", "dateReserved": "2026-11-03T23:38:59.224Z", "datePublished": "2026-11-04T21:29:25.656Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-04T21:29:25.656Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "7ffcee3d-2c14-4c3e-b844-86c6a321a158", "shortName": "harborist", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-04T21:29:25.656Z"}, "title": "nvm use --delete-prefix lets a project .npmrc choose which file npm rewrites or makes world-writable", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "cweId": "CWE-73", "description": "CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path", "type": "CWE"}]}], "affected": [{"vendor": "nvm-sh", "product": "nvm", "repo": "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "0.27.0", "lessThan": "0.41.0", "versionType": "semver"}], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Node Version Manager (nvm) is a POSIX-compliant shell function for managing multiple node.js versions. In versions 0.27.0 through 0.40.8, when a project's `.npmrc` sets `prefix`, `nvm use` tells the user to run `nvm use --delete-prefix`, which runs `npm config delete prefix` and `npm config delete globalconfig` in the current directory without naming a config file. npm loads the project `.npmrc` before deciding which file to edit, so that file chooses the target: `userconfig=~/.bashrc` makes npm rewrite `~/.bashrc` as ini (corrupting it), and `location=global` with `globalconfig=` leaves the chosen file at mode 0666, which on a shared machine lets another local user write to it. The attacker (the author of a cloned repository or archive, or a local user who can write a shared parent directory) chooses the file but not the bytes written, and no project code runs. Version 0.41.0 no longer lets a project `.npmrc` select which config file `--delete-prefix` edits.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "<p>Node Version Manager (nvm) is a POSIX-compliant shell function for managing multiple node.js versions. In versions 0.27.0 through 0.40.8, when a project's `.npmrc` sets `prefix`, `nvm use` tells the user to run `nvm use --delete-prefix`, which runs `npm config delete prefix` and `npm config delete globalconfig` in the current directory without naming a config file. npm loads the project `.npmrc` before deciding which file to edit, so that file chooses the target: `userconfig=~/.bashrc` makes npm rewrite `~/.bashrc` as ini (corrupting it), and `location=global` with `globalconfig=` leaves the chosen file at mode 0666, which on a shared machine lets another local user write to it. The attacker (the author of a cloned repository or archive, or a local user who can write a shared parent directory) chooses the file but not the bytes written, and no project code runs. Version 0.41.0 no longer lets a project `.npmrc` select which config file `--delete-prefix` edits.</p>"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/security/advisories/GHSA-ccgf-7gv4-xg5h", "name": "GHSA-ccgf-7gv4-xg5h", "tags": ["vendor-advisory"]}, {"url": "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/commit/4049296ca8eef2067517d8cfd5ef5c0e615daa10", "name": "Fix commit 4049296c", "tags": ["patch"]}], "metrics": [{"format": "CVSS", "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL"}], "cvssV4_0": {"attackVector": "LOCAL", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "PRESENT", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "ACTIVE", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "LOW", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "LOW", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED", "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED", "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED", "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED", "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED", "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED", "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED", "version": "4.0", "baseSeverity": "LOW", "baseScore": 1.8, "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}}, {"format": "CVSS", "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL"}], "cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseSeverity": "LOW", "baseScore": 3.6, "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"}}], "workarounds": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Until upgrading, do not run `nvm use --delete-prefix` in an untrusted project directory; remove the `prefix` setting from your own npmrc files by hand instead.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "<p>Until upgrading, do not run `nvm use --delete-prefix` in an untrusted project directory; remove the `prefix` setting from your own npmrc files by hand instead.</p>"}]}], "solutions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Upgrade to nvm 0.41.0 or later.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "<p>Upgrade to nvm 0.41.0 or later.</p>"}]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Anthropic's OSS Scanner, as vulnerability ANT-2026-WYRTKBQ5", "type": "finder"}, {"lang": "en", "value": "Jordan Harband (https://github.com/ljharb)", "type": "remediation developer"}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-ccgf-7gv4-xg5h", "discovery": "EXTERNAL"}}}}

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