CVE-2026-48027

CRITICAL

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 v3.1 Score

9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Published: 5/27/2026Modified: 6/17/2026

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References (5)

https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139Issue Trackinghttps://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847wMitigationVendor Advisoryhttps://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromiseVendor Advisoryhttps://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromisedExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027US Government Resource