diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index d57d0079..549b2d89 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -1283,6 +1283,13 @@ nvm_make_alias() {
     nvm_err "an alias target version is required"
     return 2
   fi
+  # slashes are legal (eg `lts/iron`), but a `..` component would escape the alias dir
+  case "/${ALIAS}/" in
+    */../*)
+      nvm_err "invalid alias name: ${ALIAS}"
+      return 3
+    ;;
+  esac
   nvm_echo "${VERSION}" | tee "$(nvm_alias_path)/${ALIAS}" >/dev/null
 }
 
@@ -1797,6 +1804,7 @@ nvm_ls_remote_index_tab() {
   command mkdir -p "$(nvm_alias_path)/lts"
   { command awk '{
         if ($10 ~ /^\-?$/) { next }
+        if (tolower($10) !~ /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]*$/) { next }
         if ($10 && !a[tolower($10)]++) {
           if (alias) { print alias, version }
           alias_name = "lts/" tolower($10)
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote LTS codename traversal b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote LTS codename traversal
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8b9254c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote LTS codename traversal	
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+WORK="$PWD/ls_remote-traversal-work.$$"
+export HOME="$WORK/home"
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+BASHRC="$HOME/.bashrc"
+
+cleanup() {
+  unset -f die cleanup nvm_download
+  rm -rf "$WORK"
+}
+die () { echo "$@" ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
+
+mkdir -p "$NVM_DIR/alias"
+
+: nvm.sh
+\. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+# a malicious/compromised mirror: the LTS codename field ($10) carries path
+# traversal, and the version field ($1) carries a command-substitution payload;
+# a valid codename (Iron) is included to prove real aliases still get written
+nvm_download() {
+  printf 'version\tdate\tfiles\tnpm\tv8\tuv\tzlib\topenssl\tmodules\tlts\tsecurity\n'
+  printf '$(>%s/pwned)\t2026-01-01\tlinux-x64\t-\t-\t-\t-\t-\t-\t../../../.bashrc\t-\n' "$WORK"
+  printf 'v20.0.0\t2026-01-01\tlinux-x64\t-\t-\t-\t-\t-\t-\tIron\t-\n'
+}
+
+nvm_ls_remote >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+[ ! -e "$BASHRC" ] || die "path traversal wrote outside the alias dir: $BASHRC was created"
+[ ! -e "$WORK/pwned" ] || die "mirror-supplied payload landed: $WORK/pwned was created"
+[ -f "$NVM_DIR/alias/lts/iron" ] || die "valid LTS alias lts/iron was not created"
+
+nvm_make_alias 'lts/../../../escape' 'v1.0.0' 2>/dev/null && die 'nvm_make_alias accepted a traversing alias name'
+[ ! -e "$NVM_DIR/../escape" ] || die 'nvm_make_alias wrote outside the alias dir'
+nvm_make_alias 'lts/carbon' 'v8.0.0' >/dev/null 2>&1 || die 'nvm_make_alias rejected a valid alias name'
+[ -f "$NVM_DIR/alias/lts/carbon" ] || die 'nvm_make_alias did not create a valid alias'
+
+cleanup
+echo "nvm_ls_remote LTS codename traversal: passed"