{"id":"CVE-2026-48027","aliases":["EUVD-2026-32550","GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w"],"status":"published","title":"Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0","description":"Nx Console is the user interface for Nx \u0026 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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"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","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.0185,"percentile":0.7942,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":true,"known_exploited":true,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-506"],"published":"2026-05-27T15:50:01Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:23Z","kev":{"date_added":"2026-05-27","due_date":"2026-06-10","required_action":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","known_ransomware_use":"Known"},"exploitation":[{"source":"euvd","since":"2026-05-27"},{"source":"kev","since":"2026-05-27"}],"products":[{"vendor":"nrwl","product":"nx-console"},{"vendor":"nx","product":"nx console"},{"vendor":"nx","product":"nx_console"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Issue Tracking","report"]},{"url":"https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Vendor Advisory","article"]},{"url":"https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","article"]},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027","tags":["government-resource","US Government Resource","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48027.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48027","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-48027","title":"Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0","description":"Nx Console is the user interface for Nx \u0026 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T15:50:01.143Z","modified":"2026-08-04T03:56:10.191Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"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","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-506"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:50:38.739766Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-32550","description":"Nx Console is the user interface for Nx \u0026 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T15:50:01Z","modified":"2026-08-04T03:56:10Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"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","level":"critical"}],"exploited_since":"2026-05-27","updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:02:23.332335Z"}],"kev":[{"id":"CVE-2026-48027","title":"Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability","description":"Nx Console contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that allowed a malicious version of Nx Console to be published. The compromised extension fetched an obfuscated payload that could harvested credentials from multiple sources on disk and in memory.","cwes":["CWE-506"],"kev":{"date_added":"2026-05-27","due_date":"2026-06-10","required_action":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","known_ransomware_use":"Known"},"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:00:15.999436Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-48027","description":"Nx Console is the user interface for Nx \u0026 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T17:16:41.787Z","modified":"2026-10-14T20:10:00.19Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"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/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","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-506"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:20.885865Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-48027","title":"Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0","description":"Nx Console is the user interface for Nx \u0026 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T15:50:01.143Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:23.380049539Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"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","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-506"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:06.701612Z"}]}}