AWS AmazonCloudWatch high security documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2026-05-16 · Security-related high

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_playwright.md

Summary

Updated Playwright runtime from v6.0 to v6.1 with browser/dependency upgrades addressing multiple CVEs.

Security assessment

Directly addresses Chromium CVEs (CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3910, etc.) and XML parser vulnerabilities through dependency upgrades. Specific security vulnerabilities mitigated.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_playwright.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_playwright.md
index 6efa246a9..c4647e7f2 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_playwright.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_playwright.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-syn-nodejs-playwright-6.0
+syn-nodejs-playwright-6.1
@@ -15 +15 @@ The naming convention for these runtime versions is `syn-`language` -`framework`
-## syn-nodejs-playwright-6.0
+## syn-nodejs-playwright-6.1
@@ -25,0 +26,49 @@ Starting Synthetics `syn-nodejs-playwright-5.1` and later, Synthetics runtime us
+**Major dependencies** :
+
+  * AWS Lambda runtime Node.js 22.x
+
+  * Playwright version 1.59.1
+
+  * Playwright/test version 1.59.1
+
+  * Chromium version 147.0.7727.15
+
+  * Firefox version 148.0.2
+
+
+
+
+**Changes in syn-nodejs-playwright-6.1**
+
+  * Updated Playwright and browser versions.
+
+  * Upgrade `fast-xml-parser` to 5.5.7 to address the following CVEs:
+
+    * CVE-2026-27942
+
+    * CVE-2026-33036
+
+  * Upgrade `Chromium` to 147.0.7727.15 to address the following CVEs:
+
+    * CVE-2026-3909
+
+    * CVE-2026-3910
+
+    * CVE-2026-5281
+
+
+
+
+For more information, see the following:
+
+  * [Playwright change log ](https://playwright.dev/docs/release-notes)
+
+  * [Playwright API reference](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-playwright)
+
+
+
+
+The following earlier runtime versions for Node.js and Playwright are still supported. 
+
+### syn-nodejs-playwright-6.0
+
@@ -57,2 +105,0 @@ For more information, see the following:
-The following earlier runtime versions for Node.js and Playwright are still supported. 
-