- Critical 9.3
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Used in ransomware (CISA)
CVE-2026-48027
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.
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The facts
- Published
- 27 May 2026
- Last changed
- 14 October 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Severity
- Critical, CVSS 9.3 out of 10 (version 4.0)
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… - Weakness
- Affects
- nx nx console
- Known exploited
- Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 27 May 2026. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 71).
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