T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- requirements.txt:1
- Finding
- Unbounded Third-Party Dependency Allows Unreviewed Package Versions## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `requirements.txt:1` **Vulnerability Type**: Supply-chain risk through an unbounded dependency version **Risk Level**: Medium **Vulnerable Code:** ```text requests>=2.31.0 ``` The documented installation procedure in `README.md:34-39` invokes: ```bash git clone <repository-url> cd ok-computer-skill python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ### Technical Analysis The dependency declaration specifies only a minimum version and permits `pip` to install any later release of `requests`, together with dynamically resolved transitive dependencies. Consequently, the installed dependency set is not reproducible and may differ from the versions reviewed during development or auditing. If a future allowed release or one of its transitive dependencies is compromised, malicious package code could execute during installation or when `requests` is imported by `scripts/swarm_search.py`. The project does not provide exact version pins, package hashes, or a lock file that would constrain installation to reviewed artifacts. This is a supply-chain hardening deficiency. It does not establish that the current `requests` package is malicious, but it creates an avoidable path through which a future compromised or otherwise unsafe release could enter the execution environment. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises a future version of an allowed dependency or one of its transitive dependencies. 2. The compromised version remains compatible with the constraint `requests>=2.31.0`. 3. A user follows the README and runs `pip install -r requirements.txt`. 4. Package resolution selects the compromised or unreviewed release because no upper bound, exact pin, lock file, or hash restricts it. 5. Malicious code executes during package installation or later when the dependency is imported and used by the search script. ### Impact Assessme ...[truncated 582 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin `requests` and all transitive dependencies to reviewed, exact versions. 2. Generate a reproducible lock file using a tool such as `pip-compile`. 3. Include cryptographic hashes for every permitted distribution and install with: ```bash pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt ``` 4. Review and update pinned dependencies through a controlled process that includes vulnerability scanning and automated tests. 5. Configure automated dependency monitoring for newly disclosed vulnerabilities. 6. Install dependencies inside an isolated virtual environment as an unprivileged user and avoid running package installation with administrative privileges.