CVE-2026-48027

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-506: CWE-506: Embedded Malicious Code

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: active
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

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

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

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