Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Github: Playwright allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over an adjacent network.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:playwright:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7mvr-c777-76hp Playwright downloads and installs browsers without verifying the authenticity of the SSL certificate
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/37532 cve-icon
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.55.1 cve-icon
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59288 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59288 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59288 cve-icon
History

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper verification of cryptographic signature in GitHub allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over an adjacent network. Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Github: Playwright allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over an adjacent network.

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Github
Github github
Microsoft azure Playwright
Vendors & Products Github
Github github
Microsoft azure Playwright

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft playwright
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:playwright:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft playwright

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper verification of cryptographic signature in GitHub allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over an adjacent network.
Title Playwright Spoofing Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-347
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RC:C'}

Projects

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-11T19:35:38.780Z

Reserved: 2025-09-11T19:36:03.690Z

Link: CVE-2025-59288

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-14T19:44:50.771Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-10-14T17:16:11.837

Modified: 2025-11-21T03:16:09.550

Link: CVE-2025-59288

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-14T17:00:49Z

Links: CVE-2025-59288 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-27T22:13:24Z

Weaknesses