On 2026-05-27, CISA added CVE-2026-48027 (Nx Nx Console) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog [2]. The vulnerability is listed in the catalog as "Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability" [2]. CISA requires remediation in accordance with the listed vendor mitigation guidance; see the original text in the body for specific requirements [2].
Backfill: this event became public on May 27, 2026 and we added it on Nov 10, 2026. It is not a new event.
CISA Adds Nx Nx Console Vulnerability CVE-2026-48027 to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
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- Disclosed
- May 27, 2026
- Published
- Nov 10, 2026
- Last updated
- Nov 8, 2026
- CVSS basis
- Our assessment
- 1.9%, higher than 79% of CVEs
- Exploitation and patch status
- ExploitedKEV
- Attack vector
- Vulnerability status
- Actor type
- Motivation
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What happened
Who is affected
Industries mainly affected: Government, Cross-industry
What to do nowOur advice
CISA requires remediation in accordance with the listed vendor mitigation guidance; see the original text in the body for specific requirements [2].
Timeline
Technical details
CISA KEV Listing Record
CISA added CVE-2026-48027 (Nx Nx Console) to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities () catalog on 2026-05-27 [2].
Original Technical Description
Nx Console contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that allowed a malicious version of Nx Console to be published. The compromised extension fetched an obfuscated payload that could harvested credentials from multiple sources on disk and in memory. [2]
Official Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. [2]
Individual Vulnerability Record
The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) provides an independent vulnerability record and description for CVE-2026-48027 [1].
References
Official / primary3
- [1]
“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 c”
- [2]
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