Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0_CVE-2026-48027

9.3 / 10

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

Description

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.

AI Analysis

Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0 allows for malicious activity due to a security vulnerability

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-48027

Source GitHub_M

Published May 27, 2026 at 15:50

Affected Product

Vendor nrwl

Product nx-console

Version = 18.95.0

Affected Versions nrwl nx-console = 18.95.0

CWE Classification

CWE-506

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.3 / 10

AI Severity Critical

Vendor nrwl

Product Nx Console

Version 18.95.0

References

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