Playwright MCP Browser Automation

Warn

Audited by Socket on Mar 29, 2026

1 alert found:

Security
SecurityMEDIUM
SKILL.md

SUSPICIOUS: the stated purpose is coherent with browser automation, but the distribution path is not. The skill presents itself as official Playwright-powered functionality while instructing installation from third-party skill registries (`agentskillexchange`/ClawHub) instead of Microsoft's upstream Playwright MCP package, creating transitive trust and supply-chain risk. No clear credential theft or exfiltration is shown, so this is not confirmed malware, but the install trust model is materially inconsistent with the branding.

Confidence: 87%Severity: 74%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Mar 29, 2026, 03:35 AM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/agentskillexchange%2Fskills%2Fplaywright-mcp-browser-automation%2F@82179ff491a09c2380ea1b664f945f4f10a22490