CVE-2026-48027
CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 77th pctlDescription
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.
How to fix
Actively exploited, no published fix found yet
CISA 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.
Federal remediation due: 2026-06-10
Known ransomware campaign use
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.
Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
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.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Remediation due: 2026-06-10
Associated with ransomware campaigns
References
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| CVE-2024-3094 | Critical | 10.0 | 86% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-33634 | High | 8.8 | 60% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2025-30066 | High | 8.6 | 41% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2024-4978 | High | 8.4 | 27% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2025-54313 | High | 7.5 | 4.1% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2026-45321 | Critical | 9.6 | 2.3% | KEV + Ransom | - |
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-27.