What it is
CVE-2026-48027 is an unauthenticated Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0 affecting nrwl nx-console. Nx Console is the user interface for Nx & Lerna. On 19 May 2026, a malicious version of Nx Console, 18.95.0, was...
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Exploited in the wild
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CVE-2026-48027
Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0
nrwl / nx-console · = 18.95.0
- Severity
- CVSS 9.3 · Critical
- Confidence
- Confirmed
- Exploit status
- Exploited in the wild
- EPSS
- 1.8%
- First observed
- —
- Last observed
- —
Decision summary
What security teams need to know first
Direct answers before the deeper technical record.
Is it exploited?
Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.
Who is affected?
nrwl / nx-console = 18.95.0.
What should we do?
Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.
Overview
Nx Console is the user interface for Nx & Lerna
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.
Vendor
Product
Affected
Status
nrwl
nx-console
= 18.95.0
Affected
- Published
- 27 May 2026
- Exploitation Reported
- 01 Jun 2026
- Attack vector
- Remote
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
Tags
cisa
malware
CVE References
- CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48027
- https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59...
- https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139 github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139
- https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise nx.dev · CVE Record https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-comp...
- https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised stepsecurity.io · CVE Record https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-comprom...
Exploitation evidence
Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited
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Exploited in the wild
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Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.
Used in malware
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Malware families have been linked to exploitation of this CVE.
Known exploited vulnerability sources
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Learn about Pro API access| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| The Shadowserver First | 2026-05-27 18:00 UTC |
| CVE | 2026-06-01 10:28 UTC |
| CISA | 2026-06-02 14:00 UTC |
| All CISA Advisories | 2026-06-02 14:21 UTC |
Detection
Operational artifacts and observed signals
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Observed signals
- Request targets
- 0
- User-Agents
- 0
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Scanner coverage
No scanner integrations recorded yet.
Virtual patch status
No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.
Learn about virtual patches →No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.
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Risk and context
Severity, weaknesses, and research context
CVSS v4.0
9.3
Critical
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
EPSS
1.8%
Weaknesses
Recent mention · All CISA Advisories
Supply Chain Compromises Impact Nx Console and GitHub Repositories
CISA is prioritizing the response to multiple emerging software supply chain intrusion campaigns targeting developer ecosystems Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines. These recent incidents, including the GitHub compromise via a malicious Nx Console...
Read full advisoryAll CVSS Scores
CVSS v4.0
9.3
Critical
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
CVSS v3.1
9.8
Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
All Mentions
Recent mention · All CISA Advisories
Supply Chain Compromises Impact Nx Console and GitHub RepositoriesAll CISA Advisories · 28 May 2026
CISA is prioritizing the response to multiple emerging software supply chain intrusion campaigns targeting developer ecosystems Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines. These recent incidents, including the GitHub compromise via a malicious Nx Console Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension and the “Megalodon” supply chain intrusion campaign, demonstrate how cyber threat actors are abusing tools and processes that support enterprise, cloud, and DevOps environments—specifically CI/CD pipelines, code extensions and workflows. Threat actors leveraged a prior compromise...
Recent mention · All CISA Advisories
CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to CatalogAll CISA Advisories · 27 May 2026
CISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-8398 Daemon Tools Lite Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability CVE-2026-45321 TanStack Unspecified Vulnerability CVE-2026-48027 Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the KEV...
Timeline
From disclosure to observed exploitation
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"confidence": "Confirmed",
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"exploit_status": {
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"active_exploitation_observed": false
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