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CVE-2026-48027 (GCVE-0-2026-48027)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 15:50 – Updated: 2026-05-28 03:55
VLAI CISA KEV
Title
Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0
Summary
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.
CWE
  • CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nrwl nx-console Affected: = 18.95.0
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