GHSA-687h-xw6f-q2qw is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in playwrightcapture. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-687h-xw6f-q2qw is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Playwright Capture permits access to local files and internal network resources during page capture
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Playwright Capture did not sufficiently restrict navigations and resource requests initiated by rendered pages. An attacker-controlled page could abuse browser-side redirection mechanisms, such as window.location.href, to make the capture process open file:// URLs or request resources hosted on private, loopback, link-local, or otherwise non-public IP addresses. In deployments where PlaywrightCapture processes untrusted URLs, this could allow a remote attacker to perform server-side request forgery against internal services or attempt to access local files from the capture environment. Depending on what capture artifacts are generated and exposed, responses from those resources could potentially be leaked through screenshots, saved page content, logs, or other capture outputs. The patch mitigates the issue by introducing request routing checks that block secondary requests to local files, non-global IP addresses, and .local domains when only_global_lookup is enabled, while still allowing the originally requested capture URL.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | playwrightcapture | all versions | 1.39.6 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for playwrightcapture. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update playwrightcapture to 1.39.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-687h-xw6f-q2qw is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-687h-xw6f-q2qw is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-687h-xw6f-q2qw. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-687h-xw6f-q2qw in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-687h-xw6f-q2qw across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.