CVE-2026-48027

Analyzed
Published: 27 May 2026, 15:50
Last modified:28 May 2026, 03:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
26.85% HIGH
27% probability
KEV
Listed
CISA
1 listing
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 May 2026, 15:50
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
27 May 2026, 00:00
Added to CISA KEV
Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
28 May 2026, 03:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
10 Jun 2026, 00:00
CISA Remediation Due
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 26.85%• Percentile: 96%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-506•Embedded Malicious Code

    The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.

Affected Systems

  • nrwl•nx-console

    = 18.95.0

  • nx•nx_console

    18.95.0

References (5)