CVE-2026-48027

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.39.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.3 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-05-27), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. the CNA's CVSS baseline 9.3 retained for reference (NVD's own analysis pending). Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, cna:github_m, epss
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.3
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3(high)
EPSS
76.9%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

May 28, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated May 28, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: github, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027
generic

Nx Console VS Code Extension Compromised - StepSecurity

https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised
generic

Postmortem: Nx Console v18.95.0 supply-chain compromise | Nx Blog

https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise
github Patch Available

Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0 · Advisory · nrwl/nx-console · GitHub

https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w
generic

Why Nx Console is removed form VSCode Marketplace ? · Issue #3139 · nrwl/nx-console · GitHub

https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 51× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 110 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-07-22 14:37 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  7. 2026-07-20 18:36 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-19 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-19 02:59 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-18 13:46 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  16. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-15 16:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  19. 2026-07-15 15:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  20. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-14 18:05 UTCCISA KEV update
  22. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-13 17:07 UTCCISA KEV update
  24. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-10 17:52 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-07 19:01 UTCCISA KEV update
  5. 2026-07-07 17:16 UTCCISA KEV update
  6. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-01 19:16 UTCCISA KEV update
  12. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-29 19:12 UTCCISA KEV update
  15. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-25 19:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  22. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-23 17:44 UTCCISA KEV update
  27. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-18 16:13 UTCCISA KEV update
  38. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-16 19:33 UTCCISA KEV update
  40. 2026-06-16 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-15 19:33 UTCCISA KEV update
  42. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-12 17:35 UTCCISA KEV update
  48. 2026-06-11 19:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  49. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-09 18:42 UTCCISA KEV update
  54. 2026-06-09 17:12 UTCCISA KEV update
  55. 2026-06-08 19:16 UTCCISA KEV update
  56. 2026-06-08 17:26 UTCCISA KEV update
  57. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-06-05 22:43 UTCCISA KEV update
  65. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-06-03 19:09 UTCCISA KEV update
  70. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-06-02 18:32 UTCCISA KEV update
  72. 2026-06-01 20:42 UTCCISA KEV update
  73. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2026-48027?
CVE-2026-48027 is a critical vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-48027 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48027 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on May 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48027 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2026-48027 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 27, 2026, affecting Nx Nx Console. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48027?
CVE-2026-48027 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.3 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
Which products are affected by CVE-2026-48027?
CVE-2026-48027 affects Nx Nx Console. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48027?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48027, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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