wp cli error

php 8.0.5
wp cli 2.4.0 (but with nightly too)
wordpress 5.7.1

any wp cli operation fails. Deactivating nginx-helper works

[root@almalinux]# wp plugin search varnish
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class “WP_CLI” not found in /usr/share/nginx/XXX/web/app/plugins/nginx-helper/nginx-helper.php:92
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/share/nginx/XXX/web/app/plugins/nginx-helper/nginx-helper.php(97): run_nginx_helper()
#1 /usr/share/nginx/XXX/web/wp/wp-settings.php(391): include_once(‘…’)
#2 phar:///usr/local/bin/wp/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli/php/WP_CLI/Runner.php(1237): require(‘…’)
#3 phar:///usr/local/bin/wp/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli/php/WP_CLI/Runner.php(1158): WP_CLI\Runner->load_wordpress()
#4 phar:///usr/local/bin/wp/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli/php/WP_CLI/Bootstrap/LaunchRunner.php(23): WP_CLI\Runner->start()
#5 phar:///usr/local/bin/wp/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli/php/bootstrap.php(74): WP_CLI\Bootstrap\LaunchRunner->process()
#6 phar:///usr/local/bin/wp/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli/php/wp-cli.php(27): WP_CLI\bootstrap()
#7 phar:///usr/local/bin/wp/php/boot-phar.php(11): include(‘…’)
#8 /usr/local/bin/wp(4): include(‘…’)
#9 {main}
thrown in /usr/share/nginx/XXX/web/app/plugins/nginx-helper/nginx-helper.php on line 92