CVE-2026-48027
Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Reserved
- May 20, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.3 Critical | 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 | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
nx-consolenrwl |
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References
- https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w
- https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139
- https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise
- https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027government-resource
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