CVE-2026-48027
CRITICAL
9,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
CRITICAL
9,8
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
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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.
506
Embedded Malicious Code
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
Application
Nx Console by Nx
CPE Identifier
View Detailed Analysis
cpe:2.3:a:nx:nx_console:18.95.0:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026…
https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139
https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w
https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised