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For more information, please see: https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48027","kev_cwes":["CWE-506"],"epss_score":0.0185,"epss_percentile":0.76339,"epss_as_of":"2026-06-23","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.","published_at":"2026-05-27T15:50:01.143000Z","last_modified_at":null,"cvss_v3_score":null,"cvss_v3_vector":null,"cvss_v3_severity":null,"cvss_v4_score":9.3,"cvss_v4_vector":"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","cvss_v4_severity":"CRITICAL","ssvc_decision":null,"ssvc_exploitation":null,"ssvc_automatable":null,"ssvc_technical_impact":null,"cwes":["CWE-506"],"nvd_references":["https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w","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"],"vuln_status":null,"trending_score":null,"is_trending":false,"has_trended":false,"trended_number_one":false,"trending_peak_score":null,"trending_peak_rank":null,"started_trending_at":null,"trended_number_one_at":null,"summary_generated":null,"summary_generated_at":null,"summary_model":null,"created_at":"2026-06-24T00:09:31.350578Z","updated_at":"2026-06-28T23:30:42.157376Z"},"effective_severity":"CRITICAL","badges":["kev","ransomware"],"impact_analysis":[],"cvss_v3_decoded":{"version":null,"metrics":[]},"cvss_v4_decoded":{"version":"4.0","metrics":[{"metric":"AV","name":"Attack Vector","value":"N","value_label":"Network"},{"metric":"AC","name":"Attack Complexity","value":"L","value_label":"Low"},{"metric":"AT","name":"Attack Requirements","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"PR","name":"Privileges Required","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"UI","name":"User Interaction","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"VC","name":"Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)","value":"H","value_label":"High"},{"metric":"VI","name":"Integrity (Vulnerable System)","value":"H","value_label":"High"},{"metric":"VA","name":"Availability (Vulnerable System)","value":"H","value_label":"High"},{"metric":"SC","name":"Confidentiality (Subsequent System)","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"SI","name":"Integrity (Subsequent System)","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"SA","name":"Availability (Subsequent System)","value":"N","value_label":"None"}]},"affected":[{"vendor_slug":"nrwl","vendor_name":"nrwl","product_slug":"nx-console","product_name":"nx-console","version_start":"= 18.95.0","version_start_inclusive":true,"version_end":"= 18.95.0","version_end_inclusive":true,"cpe23_uri":"cve5:nrwl:nx-console:= 18.95.0:= 18.95.0"}],"exploit_refs":[],"news":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-c9j4-9m59-847w","source_type":"VENDOR_ADVISORY","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/3139","source_type":"MISC","tags":[]},{"url":"https://nx.dev/blog/nx-console-v18-95-0-postmortem#indicators-of-compromise","source_type":"MISC","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extension-compromised","source_type":"MISC","tags":[]}],"timeline":[{"type":"cisa_reported","at":"2026-05-27T00:00:00Z","label":"Added to CISA KEV catalog","source":"kev"},{"type":"published","at":"2026-05-27T15:50:01.143000Z","label":"CVE published","source":null},{"type":"cvss_changed","at":"2026-06-28T17:55:03.830140Z","label":"CVSS score revised","source":"cvelistv5"},{"type":"cvss_changed","at":"2026-06-28T17:55:03.830140Z","label":"CVSS score revised","source":"cvelistv5"},{"type":"cvss_changed","at":"2026-06-28T17:55:03.830140Z","label":"CVSS score revised","source":"cvelistv5"}]}