T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
requirements.txt:1- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependency Prevents Reproducible Installation
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
requirements.txt, line 1
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned third-party dependency
Risk Level: LowVulnerable Code
text requestsThe documented installation procedure in
README.md, lines 25–27, consumes this unconstrained requirement:bash pip install -r requirements.txtTechnical Analysis
The project declares
requestswithout a version constraint or package hash. Consequently, installation resolves whichever compatible release is available from the configured package index at that time. The resulting environment is not reproducible and may differ from the dependency version that was present when the project was reviewed.This is a supply-chain hardening weakness rather than evidence that the current
requestspackage is malicious. Exploitation would require an attacker to compromise the selected package release, its dependency chain, or the package-index resolution path. Pinning onlyrequestsis not sufficient for full reproducibility because its transitive dependencies must also be locked and verified.Attack Path
- A user follows the documented installation procedure.
pipresolves the unconstrainedrequestsrequirement and its transitive dependencies from the configured package index.- If a resolved release or index path has been compromised, attacker-controlled package code is installed.
- The application imports
requestsfromuniqlo_product_query.py. - Malicious dependency code can execute with the privileges of the user or service running the skill.
This path is conditional on an upstream package, transitive dependency, package index, or resolution channel being compromised; no such compromise was identified in the audited files.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary Python code with the skill process's permissions. This could expose files, environment variables, and network resources accessible to that process, or a ...[truncated 165 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
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Generate a reviewed lock file containing exact versions for
requestsand every transitive dependency. -
Include cryptographic hashes for all permitted distributions and enforce them during installation:
bash python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt -
Generate pins using a dependency-locking tool such as
pip-tools, and commit both the source dependency declaration and generated lock file. -
Use a trusted package index over TLS and explicitly control package-index configuration in deployment environments.
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Run dependency vulnerability and provenance checks in CI.
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Review and deliberately update pinned versions on a regular schedule so security patches are not indefinitely blocked.
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Install and run the skill in an isolated, least-privileged environment.
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