T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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SKILL.md:20- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependency Installation
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 20-26
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned package installation and software supply-chain exposure
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code
markdown ## Prerequisites This skill requires the `qiniu` Python package to be installed. If it's not present, the skill will fail with an import error. ```sh pip install qiniutext ### Technical Analysis The documented installation command installs the latest package version resolved by the active pip configuration without enforcing an audited version, package hash, or trusted repository. This prevents users from verifying that the installed dependency is the same version reviewed with the skill. Python packages can execute code during installation and when imported. The script imports the dependency at startup: ```python from qiniu import Auth, put_fileIf the package distribution, configured package index, dependency chain, or a future package release is compromised, attacker-controlled code could execute in the skill's process.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises a future
qiniurelease, one of its transitive dependencies, or the package source selected by the user's pip configuration. - A user follows the documented
pip install qiniucommand. - Pip retrieves and installs the unverified package version.
- The user invokes the skill.
- Python imports the installed package, causing attacker-controlled initialization code to execute with the privileges of the user running the skill.
Impact Assessment
Exploitation could permit arbitrary code execution under the Agent user's account. Depending on that account's privileges, this may expose local files, Qiniu credentials stored in
~/.openclaw/config.json, environment variables, and other resources accessible to the process. It could also permit modification of user-owned files or misuse of the configured cloud-storage account ...[truncated 1 chars]- An attacker compromises a future
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
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Pin the dependency to a specifically reviewed version rather than installing an unconstrained latest release.
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Provide a lock file or requirements file containing cryptographic hashes, for example using pip's
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Install packages exclusively from an explicitly configured and trusted package repository.
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Audit direct and transitive dependencies before updating the pinned version.
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Use an isolated virtual environment with only the permissions required to upload the selected file.
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Document a reproducible installation command, such as:
sh python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt
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