Compromised Nx Console version 18.95.0

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48027",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-48027",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-48027",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-48027",
        "GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w"
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "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"
        }
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              "repo": "https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console",
              "type": "GIT",
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                    "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
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                        "introduced": "18.95.0"
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            "18.95.0",
            "= 18.95.0",
            "vscode-v18.95.0"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.380049539Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48027",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48027.json",
        "https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48027",
        "https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139",
        "https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise",
        "https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised"
      ],
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 489624,
  "published_at": "2026-05-27T15:50:01.143+00:00"
}