T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:211- Finding
Unpinned Python Dependencies Create a Supply-Chain Risk
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 211 and 214
Vulnerability Type:T08: Insecure Dependencies
Risk Level: MediumComplete Vulnerable Code Snippet:
bash pip install pypdfbash pip install pdf2image pytesseractTechnical Analysis
The installation instructions retrieve the latest available versions of three Python packages from the package index configured in the user's environment. No versions, integrity hashes, lock file, or verified package source are specified.
Python package installation may execute package-controlled build or installation logic. Consequently, the effective code installed by these commands can change after the Skill has been reviewed. A compromised package release, compromised package repository, dependency-confusion condition, or malicious package-index configuration could result in attacker-controlled code being installed and executed.
The package names do not exhibit an evident typographical-squatting pattern, and the audited Skill does not itself retrieve a known malicious package. The risk arises from mutable, unverified dependency resolution.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises a referenced package, its publishing account, the configured package index, or the user's package-resolution environment.
- The attacker publishes or serves a malicious package version under a dependency name resolved by
pip. - A user follows the Skill instructions and runs the unpinned installation command.
pipdownloads the attacker-controlled version because no approved version or integrity hash is enforced.- Malicious installation logic or imported runtime code executes with the privileges of the user running
pip.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the installing user. This may permit access to that user's files, environment variables, credentials available to the pr ...[truncated 234 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
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Pin every direct dependency to a reviewed version.
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Place dependencies in a version-controlled requirements or lock file.
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Record cryptographic hashes and enforce them during installation, for example:
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Review and pin transitive dependencies as well as direct dependencies.
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Recommend installation inside a dedicated virtual environment with no administrative privileges.
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Use a trusted package index or an internally controlled package mirror.
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Add a documented dependency-update process that includes security review and hash regeneration.
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