CVE-2026-48027: in the CISA KEV catalogue

Nx Console Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability. CISA added CVE-2026-48027 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2026-05-27 with a default due date of 2026-06-10. Known ransomware campaign use: Known. Forensic triage flag: No.

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. (CISA description)

Vendor / product

Nx Nx Console

CWE

CWE-506

CISA 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.

EPSS

1.8%, percentile 79 (scored 2026-11-03)

EPSS puts about 1.8 in 100 odds (1.8%) on exploitation activity being observed in the next 30 days. Its score is higher than or equal to that of 79% of scored CVEs. This is a model estimate about exploitation anywhere, not about your environment.

Your own deadline under CISA BOD 26-04 depends on exposure, automatability and technical impact: work it out with the BOD 26-04 calculator.