CVE record
CVE-2026-48027
Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
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.
CVE evidence
Known exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Absence from the fetched catalog does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
Severity
critical
CVSS 9.3 · CVSS_V4
Affected packages
0
Supported package records returned by OSV. Vendor and product names are not used to infer matches.
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Catalog record
- Vendor / project
- Nx
- Product
- Nx Console
- Date added
- May 27, 2026
- CISA federal remediation due date
- Jun 10, 2026
- 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.
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Known
- CWE
- CWE-506
OSV package mapping
Affected open-source packages
OSV did not return a package mapping in the five supported ecosystems. RequestGuard does not infer package names from the CISA vendor or product fields.