T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:45
- Finding
- Unpinned DashScope Dependency Creates a Mutable Supply-Chain Risk<![CDATA[ ## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 45-49 **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned third-party dependency **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```bash python3 -m venv .venv . .venv/bin/activate python -m pip install dashscope ``` ### Technical Analysis The installation command retrieves the currently available `dashscope` package without specifying an audited version or verifying an integrity hash. Consequently, the installed code can change after the Skill has been reviewed. Use of the official package name is consistent with the Skill's declared Alibaba Cloud functionality, and installation occurs inside a virtual environment. However, a virtual environment isolates Python packages rather than operating-system permissions: package build or installation processes still run with the invoking user's privileges. This is a supply-chain weakness rather than evidence that the current `dashscope` package is malicious. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the package publisher, package repository, release workflow, or another part of the dependency distribution chain. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious or compromised version under the expected package name. 3. A user follows the Skill instructions and runs `python -m pip install dashscope`. 4. Pip resolves the mutable latest version rather than a previously audited release. 5. Malicious build logic may execute during installation, or installed package logic may execute when the SDK is subsequently imported or invoked. ### Impact Assessment Execution would occur with the privileges of the user running pip. Depending on those privileges and the malicious package behavior, the affected scope could include files accessible to that user, environment variables, credentials available to the process, and outbound network access. The command does not itself provide administrative privilege escalation, and the virtual environment limits package placement but not the permissi ...[truncated 36 chars]
- Remediation
- <![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin `dashscope` to a reviewed, exact version instead of installing the latest release: ```bash python -m pip install "dashscope==<reviewed-version>" ``` 2. Maintain a locked requirements file containing cryptographic hashes: ```bash python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.lock ``` 3. Configure the expected official package index explicitly and avoid untrusted extra indexes. 4. Review transitive dependencies and regenerate the lock file only through a controlled dependency-update process. 5. Run dependency installation and use under a minimally privileged account in an isolated environment. ]]>