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PlaywrightCapture CVE-2026-85242

| EUVDEUVD-2026-70598 MEDIUM
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
2026-09-03 CIRCL GHSA-47hh-m5vw-329p
6.9
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: CIRCL
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Vendor (CIRCL) PRIMARY
6.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
vuln.today AI
5.3 MEDIUM

Network SSRF with PR:N (unauthenticated capture submission); C:L only because impact is limited to probing internal HTTP services; no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat
5.3 MEDIUM
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Primary rating from Vendor (CIRCL).

CVSS VectorVendor: CIRCL

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Sep 03, 2026 - 17:01 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Sep 03, 2026 - 17:01 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

PlaywrightCapture contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in its favicon retrieval functionality. When only_global_lookup is enabled, the application validates the initial favicon URL to prevent requests to localhost, loopback, or other non-public network addresses. However, redirects followed by aiohttp were not subjected to the same validation.

An attacker able to influence the content of a page processed by PlaywrightCapture could specify a publicly reachable favicon URL that responds with an HTTP redirect to a local or otherwise restricted address, such as 127.0.0.1, localhost, or an internal network service. Because aiohttp automatically followed the redirect, the resulting request could bypass the application's local-address restrictions and cause the PlaywrightCapture host to issue HTTP requests to resources that should not be externally reachable.

Depending on the services reachable from the PlaywrightCapture host and how retrieved favicon data is subsequently exposed or processed, this could be used to probe internal HTTP services or potentially obtain information from otherwise inaccessible endpoints.

The patch introduces an aiohttp request middleware that applies the existing local-URL validation to every request in the redirect chain. Requests resolving to restricted/local destinations are rejected before they are issued.

AnalysisAI

Server-side request forgery in PlaywrightCapture's favicon retrieval function allows a remote attacker to cause the PlaywrightCapture host to issue HTTP requests to internal or loopback-addressed services by exploiting a redirect-bypass in the aiohttp HTTP client. When the only_global_lookup configuration is active, the library validates the user-supplied favicon URL before the first request but does not re-validate URLs generated by automatic HTTP redirects, allowing a publicly reachable attacker-controlled URL to redirect to restricted destinations such as 127.0.0.1 or internal network services. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The vulnerability is only exploitable when `only_global_lookup` is explicitly enabled in the PlaywrightCapture configuration - without this setting, no initial URL validation is enforced, so there is no bypass condition. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.9 with VC:L accurately reflects that this is a constrained SSRF - read-only internal probing rather than code execution or data destruction. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Update PlaywrightCapture to a version that includes commit b912a04f7b190807b5e14e497048896bc5016fb9, available at https://github.com/Lookyloo/PlaywrightCapture/commit/b912a04f7b190807b5e14e497048896bc5016fb9. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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