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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is in the KEV database since today.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
nrwl nx-console affected
Version Status Constraints
= 18.95.0 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w cve-icon cve-icon
https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 27 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 27 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2026-05-27T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-06-10T00:00:00+00:00'}

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0
Weaknesses CWE-506
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T17:49:56.753Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T17:44:09.587Z

Link: CVE-2026-48027

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T17:49:49.453Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-27T17:16:41.787

Modified: 2026-05-27T19:16:23.320

Link: CVE-2026-48027

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T19:30:35Z

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