Playwright Spoofing Vulnerability
Priority LOW 24CWE-347Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 10 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from Microsoft.
Summary
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Github: Playwright allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over an adjacent network.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00234 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial microsoft/playwright (Microsoft): 1.55.1playwright (npm): 1.55.1Red Hat: 10 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | microsoft/playwright | 1.0.0 to before 1.55.1 | 1.55.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | playwright (npm) | before 1.55.1 | 1.55.1 | Patch available | GHSA-7mvr-c777-76hp |
- microsoft/playwright VendorMicrosoft Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.55.1 Fixed in 1.55.1 Patch available CNA
- playwright (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.55.1 Fixed in 1.55.1 Patch available GHSA-7mvr-c777-76hp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA microsoft/playwright (Microsoft) Fixed in 1.55.1
- Fix · GHSA-7mvr-c777-76hp playwright (npm) Fixed in 1.55.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Virtualization | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Multicluster Global Hub | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Microsoft
Microsoft's page for this CVE →
- Impact
- Spoofing
- Exploited
- No
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Less Likely
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/playwright | Fixed | 1.55.1 · Security Update |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59288
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mvr-c777-76hp
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/SocketDev/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-qxm8-4v54-964r
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/37532
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/commit/72c62d840247d9defd87c6beb0344d456794b570
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.55.1
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.56.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-59288 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-59288 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7mvr-c777-76hp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-59288 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
- CVE-2025-59288 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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