T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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- Location
- SKILL.md:4
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Package Installation## Vulnerability Details **File Locations**: - `SKILL.md:4` - `SKILL.md:14` - `references/commands.md:6` **Vulnerability Type**: T08: Insecure Dependencies **Risk Level**: Medium **Complete Code Snippets**: `SKILL.md:4`: ```yaml metadata: {"author":"KitchenOwl","homepage":"https://github.com/kitchenowl/kitchenowl-cli","openclaw":{"requires":{"anyBins":["kitchenowl"]},"install":["pipx install kitchenowl-cli"]}} ``` `SKILL.md:12-17`: ```markdown Prefer `pipx` for isolated CLI installs. ```bash pipx install kitchenowl-cli kitchenowl --help kitchenowl --version ``` ``` `references/commands.md:4-7`: ```markdown Install: ```bash pipx install kitchenowl-cli ``` ``` ### Technical Analysis The installation instructions resolve the current release of `kitchenowl-cli` and its transitive dependencies at installation time. No exact version, package hash, signature, lockfile, or other integrity constraint is specified. Consequently, the reviewed skill does not uniquely identify the code that will execute when the installation command is invoked. The package name, stated purpose, and linked GitHub organization are internally consistent. The audited files therefore provide no evidence of intentional typosquatting, dependency confusion, or a currently malicious release. The security issue is the mutable and insufficiently verified supply-chain boundary: a future compromised, replaced, or unexpectedly changed package release could be installed without requiring any modification to this skill. `pipx` provides environment isolation for Python packages, but package installation and package entry points still execute with the privileges of the invoking user. Isolation does not establish package authenticity or prevent malicious package code from accessing resources available to that user. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the upstream package publishing account, distribution artifact, or one of ...[truncated 1423 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Replace the unconstrained package requirement with an exact, reviewed version, for example: ```bash pipx install "kitchenowl-cli==REVIEWED_VERSION" ``` 2. Document the authoritative package index and upstream repository so operators can verify package provenance. 3. Verify distribution hashes or cryptographic signatures where the release process supports them. Prefer a controlled requirements or constraints file containing exact versions and hashes for the package and its transitive dependencies. 4. Add an explicit upgrade process that requires security review before changing the pinned version rather than installing the latest release implicitly. 5. Perform installation with a non-privileged user and avoid exposing unrelated secrets in the installation environment. 6. Keep the package isolated through `pipx`, but do not treat environment isolation as a substitute for version pinning and artifact verification.