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.
Is CVE-2026-48027 exploited?
Listed in the CISA KEV catalog on 2026-05-27.
Federal remediation due 2026-06-10.
Past that date by 66 days.
Used in ransomware campaigns.
EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 2%.
Public exploit code: none found in monitored sources.