T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- requirements.txt:1
- Finding
- Unnecessary and Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Create a Supply-Chain Risk## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `requirements.txt:1-2`; installation guidance at `SKILL.md:292-298` **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned and unnecessary third-party dependencies **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code `requirements.txt:1-2` ```text dataclasses enum ``` `SKILL.md:292-298` ```text ## Prerequisites ```text # Python dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ``` ### Technical Analysis The project declares Python 3.8 or later as its runtime, where `dataclasses` and `enum` are already part of the Python standard library. Installing external packages with these names is therefore unnecessary. Neither dependency is pinned to an exact version or protected with an integrity hash. Running the documented installation command causes pip to retrieve mutable third-party artifacts from the configured package index. Package installation can execute packaging hooks or other package-controlled code with the privileges of the user running pip. This also conflicts with the statement in `SKILL.md` that the implementation has no third-party dependencies. Even if the installed modules are not ultimately imported because standard-library modules take precedence, package-controlled installation behavior may already have executed. ### Attack Path 1. A user or automated agent follows the documented prerequisite instructions. 2. The agent runs `pip install -r requirements.txt`. 3. Pip resolves the unpinned `dataclasses` and `enum` names against its configured package index. 4. A compromised, replaced, or otherwise unsafe package artifact is downloaded. 5. Package-controlled installation code executes under the account performing the installation. 6. The malicious package can access files, environment variables, credentials, and network resources available to that account. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user or ser ...[truncated 417 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Remove both entries from `requirements.txt`; Python 3.8 and later provide `dataclasses` and `enum` in the standard library. 2. Remove or revise the documented `pip install -r requirements.txt` prerequisite if the project has no external dependencies. 3. If third-party dependencies are introduced later, pin exact reviewed versions. 4. Use hash-locked installations, such as `pip install --require-hashes`, with hashes generated from reviewed artifacts. 5. Restrict installation to a trusted package index and disable unexpected fallback indexes. 6. Install dependencies inside an isolated, unprivileged virtual environment or sandbox. 7. Add dependency auditing and lockfile verification to CI.