T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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SKILL.md:5- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party CLI Executes with Access to Tencent Cloud Credentials
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 5–20
Vulnerability Type:T08: Insecure Dependencies
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code Snippet:
yaml metadata: {"requires": {"bin": ["clscli"], "env": ["TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID", "TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY"]}}markdown ## Setup 1. Install clscli (Homebrew): ```bash brew tap dbwang0130/clscli brew install dbwang0130/clscli/clscli ``` 2. Get credentials and region list: https://cloud.tencent.com/document/api/614/56474 3. Set environment variables (same as Tencent Cloud API common parameters): ```bash export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID="your-secret-id" export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY="your-secret-key" ```Technical Analysis
The Skill instructs users to install
clsclifrom a third-party Homebrew tap without pinning an immutable release, formula revision, source commit, checksum, or cryptographic signature. The project contains onlySKILL.md; consequently, neither the executable nor its Homebrew formula can be statically verified as part of this audit.The installed executable is subsequently expected to run in an environment containing
TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_IDandTENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY. Any process running under the same environment can read these variables. If the tap, formula, release artifact, upstream hosting account, or maintainer account is compromised, a modified executable could access and exfiltrate those credentials and any log data returned by Tencent Cloud CLS.This finding does not establish that the current third-party package is malicious. The risk arises from the mutable, unverified supply-chain trust relationship combined with access to cloud credentials.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises the third-party Homebrew tap, formula repository, upstream release artifact, or a maintainer account.
- The attacker modifies the formula or referenced artifact ...[truncated 1361 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Link to the exact authoritative source repository rather than the generic homepage currently shown in the metadata.
- Pin installation to an immutable, reviewed release and Homebrew formula commit instead of tracking a mutable tap revision.
- Publish expected SHA-256 or stronger artifact digests and verify them before installation.
- Prefer signed release artifacts and document verification of the publisher's cryptographic signature.
- Review and vendor the Homebrew formula or provide a reproducible build process so users can verify the relationship between source and binary.
- Use short-lived Tencent Cloud credentials instead of long-lived static keys wherever supported.
- Assign a dedicated IAM identity with only the minimum read-only CLS permissions required to list topics, query logs, and retrieve context.
- Restrict credentials to the necessary accounts, regions, logsets, and topics, and rotate them immediately if dependency compromise is suspected.
- Avoid globally exporting credentials for longer than necessary. Provide credentials only to the intended process through an approved secret-management mechanism.
- Document the dependency trust model, supported version, required IAM actions, credential rotation procedure, and steps for validating installed binaries.
