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CVE-2026-48027

CVE detail

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.

CVSS 9.3 · CriticalBuzz score 65.8KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 65.8

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 20.8 · diversity 20.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

20.8

7 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

20.0

5 sources across 4 categories

KEV score

25.0

Known exploited vulnerability present

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 1; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 1; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

7 source links · newest first

FBI: TeamPCP Compromised Dev Tools to Steal Cloud CredentialsSecurity Affairs
FBI says TeamPCP poisoned trusted developer tools to steal cloud credentials, spread malware through software updates, and extort victims. On July 2, 2026, the FBI published a FLASH alert identifying the criminal group called TeamPCP and detailing how it compromised widely used developer and security tools to steal credentials from victim environments at scale. The […]
newssecurityaffairs.comJul 4, 2026, 7:55 AM
U.S. CISA adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogSecurity Affairs
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: The first flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8398, […]
newssecurityaffairs.comMay 28, 2026, 1:14 PM
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027www.cisa.gov
No excerpt available.
Mitigationwww.cisa.govMay 27, 2026, 5:16 PM
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromisedwww.stepsecurity.io
No excerpt available.
Exploitwww.stepsecurity.ioMay 27, 2026, 5:16 PM
https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromisenx.dev
No excerpt available.
Vendor Advisorynx.devMay 27, 2026, 5:16 PM
https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847wgithub.com
No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comMay 27, 2026, 5:16 PM
https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139github.com
No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comMay 27, 2026, 5:16 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Analyzed

Published

May 27, 2026

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS 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

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 4.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Attack Requirements (AT): None. No prerequisite deployment or execution condition is required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require a targeted user to act.
Vulnerable System Confidentiality (VC): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Vulnerable System Integrity (VI): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Vulnerable System Availability (VA): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Subsequent System Confidentiality (SC): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Subsequent System Integrity (SI): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Subsequent System Availability (SA): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.

Optional CVSS v4 metrics remain in the raw vector; only base metrics are expanded here.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · KEV present · 0 OTX pulses

KEVKEV
- cwes: CWE-506
- dueDate: 2026-06-10
- knownRansomwareCampaignUse: Known
- notes: This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48027
- product: Nx Console
- requiredAction: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- shortDescription: 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.
- vendorProject: Nx
- vulnerabilityName: Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
Observed May 27, 2026, 12:00 AM