nvm_ls escaped only `.` and `#` before using the pattern
(which may come from a `.nvmrc`)
as a sed address,
so any other regex characters in it were interpreted:
`v2[0-9]` matched installed versions,
`[` made sed fail with an error,
and nested bounded repetitions like `\(v\{1,300\}\)\{1,300\}`
made sed take a very long time and a lot of memory to compile,
stalling `nvm use` and shell startup.
Escape every BRE metacharacter,
including the backslash,
so the pattern is always matched as literal text
Discovered by Anthropic's OSS Scanner, as bug ANT-2026-HZAFTTUK; the scanner correctly classified it as not a vulnerability.
Jordan Harband
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