CVE-2026-48027

Nx Console is the user interface for Nx & Lerna. On 19 May 2026, a malicious version of Nx Console, 18.95.0, was published at 12:30 PM UTC and removed soon after at 12:48 PM UTC, leaving it available for ~18 minutes in Visual Studio Marketplace. For OpenVSX, the problem was detected later, and the compromised version was available from 12:33 UTC to 13:09 UTC (~36 minutes). Version 18.100.0 of Nx Console is not compromised and users may remediate by upgrading to that version.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nx:nx_console:18.95.0:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*

History

27 May 2026, 20:34

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nx:nx_console:18.95.0:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*
First Time Nx nx Console
Nx
References () https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139 - () https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w - () https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References () https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise - () https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised - () https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027 - US Government Resource

27 May 2026, 19:16

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027 -

27 May 2026, 17:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-27 17:16

Updated : 2026-05-27 20:34


NVD link : CVE-2026-48027

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48027

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48027


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Products Affected

nx

  • nx_console
CWE
CWE-506

Embedded Malicious Code