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Shai Hulud Strikes Again (v2)
Another wave of Shai-Hulud campaign has hit npm with more than 500 packages and 700+ versions affected.
By Socket Research Team - Nov 24, 2025
🚨 Shai-Hulud Strikes Again:More than 500 packages and 700+ versions compromised.Technical Analysis →
@playwright/browser-chromium
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- 389K 2.15%
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@playwright/browser-chromium
This package automatically installs Chromium browser for Playwright library. If you want to write end-to-end tests, we recommend @playwright/test.
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puppeteer
Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. It is similar to @playwright/browser-chromium in that it allows for browser automation, web scraping, and automated testing. However, Playwright offers more advanced features like multi-browser support and better handling of modern web applications.
selenium-webdriver
Selenium WebDriver is a popular tool for automating web applications for testing purposes. It supports multiple browsers and programming languages. Compared to @playwright/browser-chromium, Selenium is more mature but may lack some of the modern features and ease of use that Playwright offers.
cypress
Cypress is a JavaScript end-to-end testing framework that aims to make testing fast, easy, and reliable. It is similar to @playwright/browser-chromium in its focus on end-to-end testing but is more opinionated and integrated, offering a more streamlined experience at the cost of flexibility.
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Playwright package that automatically installs Chromium
The npm package @playwright/browser-chromium receives a total of 362,263 weekly downloads. As such, @playwright/browser-chromium popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @playwright/browser-chromium demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 21 Nov 2025
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