Node Version Manager (nvm) is a POSIX-compliant shell function for managing multiple node.js versions. In versions 0.2.0 through 0.40.8, nvm does not check whether .nvmrc is a symbolic link. A repository or archive that ships .nvmrc as a symlink to another file (for example ../../.npmrc, or /proc/self/environ on Linux) makes a plain nvm use, nvm install, nvm which, nvm exec, nvm run, or nvm-exec read that file and print its contents in the invalid-.nvmrc message (even with --silent) or, for a one-line file, in the Found ... with version <...> message; with the README's zsh load-nvmrc or bash cdnvm hook installed, entering the directory is enough. nvm sends the content nowhere; the attacker learns it only where they can see the victim's output, such as a CI log for a contributed branch. Version 0.41.0 still follows a symlinked .nvmrc, so deliberate links to another version file keep working, but never prints its content, and accepts it only if it contains a version or the name of an existing alias; the README's bash cdnvm hook, which read .nvmrc itself, now gets the version from nvm, so users of that hook must also update their copy of it.
CVE-2026-121747
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
Also known asEUVD-2026-117173 (ENISA EUVD)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
Fixed versions, as the CVE record's CNA (Harborist) states them: "Upgrade to nvm 0.41.0 or later."
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 25EG Risk 25/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity55% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation0.2% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 7th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-10). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
November 4, 2026
Last Modified
November 10, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Nov 9, 2026commit c314f1cbb3c3 (nvm-sh/nvm)
Patch available: nvm-sh/nvm v0.41.0 (contains commit c314f1cbb3c3)
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/commit/c314f1cbb3c301c587a4e4f96511d31f1134ffd1commit 67268ebcb6e1 (nvm-sh/nvm)
Patch available: nvm-sh/nvm v0.41.0 (contains commit 67268ebcb6e1)
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/commit/67268ebcb6e1a26ae3d71b3710d6333bb7358662A symlinked .nvmrc makes nvm print the contents of any file the user can read · Advisory · nvm-sh/nvm · GitHub
Affected: v0.41.0, in
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/security/advisories/GHSA-j6ch-mq5c-3h4xWeakness Classification(3)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.
- 2026-11-12 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-11 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-10 21:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
- 2026-11-10 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-09 20:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
- 2026-11-09 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-08 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-07 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-06 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-05 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
- 2026-11-04 23:03 UTCENISA EUVD ID recordedEUVD-2026-117173 · Source: ENISA EUVD
- 2026-11-04 22:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
- 2026-11-04 21:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scoredFirst assessed: 5.5 MEDIUM
- 2026-11-04 21:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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