T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
scripts/video_transcript_txt.py:174- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Package Is Resolved and Executed at Runtime
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
scripts/video_transcript_txt.py:174-180; documented inSKILL.md:66
Vulnerability Type: T08: Insecure Dependencies
Risk Level: Mediumpython command = [ "uv", "run", "--with", "openai-whisper", "whisper", str(video),The corresponding documented command is:
bash uv run --with openai-whisper whisperTechnical Analysis
The script asks
uvto resolve and executeopenai-whisperwithout specifying an exact version, lockfile, package hash, or trusted preinstalled environment. Consequently, the code executed during transcription may differ from the dependency version evaluated during this audit.Runtime package resolution exposes the application to supply-chain risks, including a compromised future release, compromised package repository account, malicious transitive dependency, or unexpected incompatible update. The use of a list-form subprocess invocation prevents shell metacharacter injection, but it does not mitigate package-resolution risk.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises an upstream package release, maintainer account, distribution channel, or transitive dependency used by
openai-whisper. - A user invokes the transcription skill.
uv run --with openai-whisperresolves the currently available uncontrolled dependency set.- The compromised package code is installed or selected and executed locally.
- Malicious package code runs with the permissions of the user operating the skill.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the invoking user's privileges. The compromised dependency could access the supplied video, process environment, files readable or writable by that user, network resources available to the process, and the configured model cache. No privilege-escalation mechanism is present in the audited code, so the impact is bounded by the inv ...[truncated 37 chars]
- An attacker compromises an upstream package release, maintainer account, distribution channel, or transitive dependency used by
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin
openai-whisperto a reviewed exact version rather than resolving an unconstrained release. - Commit and enforce a dependency lockfile that also fixes transitive dependency versions.
- Use package hashes or signature verification where supported.
- Prefer a dedicated, pre-provisioned virtual environment containing audited dependencies, and invoke its fixed Whisper executable without runtime dependency installation.
- Configure
uvto use only approved package indexes and prevent fallback to untrusted sources. - Add automated dependency scanning and controlled update review before changing pinned versions.
- Pin
