CVE-2026-48027Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0
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CISA lists it as known exploited since May 27, 2026; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 10, 2026, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.3 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)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
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-506
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV May 27, 2026; federal remediation due Jun 10, 2026; known ransomware useApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 1.34% (percentile 71)
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
nrwl nx-console nrwl:nx_console (from the name) | = 18.95.0 | CNA record |
nx nx_console nx:nx_console | 18.95.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847wx-refsource-confirm, mitigation, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking
- https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromisex-refsource-misc, vendor-advisory
- https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromisedx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027us-government-resource
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