T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:64
- Finding
- Security-Critical Trading SDK Is Installed Without Version or Integrity Pinning<![CDATA[ ## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md:64-68` **Vulnerability Type**: `T08: Insecure Dependencies` **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```markdown 1. **Install the Simmer SDK** ```bash pip install simmer-sdk ``` ``` ### Technical Analysis The setup instructions install `simmer-sdk` without an exact version constraint or package hash. This SDK is security-critical because it receives the Simmer API key and mediates portfolio access, market operations, and real-money trades. The effective code installed by this command can change independently of the reviewed Skill. A future compromised, malicious, or unexpectedly incompatible package release would be installed automatically when a user follows these instructions. The repository does not include a hash-locked Python dependency manifest that would allow users to reproduce the audited dependency set. This finding does not establish that the current `simmer-sdk` package is malicious. The vulnerability is the absence of controls ensuring that the reviewed version is the version users install. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the `simmer-sdk` publishing account, release pipeline, or package-distribution channel. 2. The attacker publishes a modified release under the legitimate package name. 3. A user follows the documented setup command, which resolves to the latest acceptable package release. 4. The malicious package is installed and later imported by `soccer_trader.py`. 5. The package executes in the user's process with access to `SIMMER_API_KEY` and the permissions of the account running the Skill. 6. Depending on the SDK's wallet integration, the compromised package may also interact with trading or signing material available in the process environment. ### Impact Assessment A compromised SDK could access the Simmer API credential, read account and portfolio information, alter market responses, submit unintended trades, or misrepresent trade results. Its ...[truncated 202 chars]
- Remediation
- <![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin the SDK to an exact, reviewed version, for example: ```text simmer-sdk==<reviewed-version> ``` 2. Store Python dependencies in a committed lock or requirements file with SHA-256 hashes. 3. Instruct users to install with hash enforcement: ```bash pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt ``` 4. Verify the package publisher, source repository, release signatures, and dependency graph before updating. 5. Perform dependency updates through a reviewed pull request rather than resolving the latest package during installation. 6. Run the Skill in a dedicated virtual environment with only the credentials and filesystem permissions required for trading. ]]>