T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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- Location
- SKILL.md:446
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Dependency Installation## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md:446` **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned third-party dependencies **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```bash pip install pandas openpyxl requests python-docx ``` ### Technical Analysis The documented installation command resolves four packages from pip without exact version constraints, integrity hashes, or a reviewed lockfile. Consequently, installations performed at different times can retrieve different artifacts whose behavior was not covered by this audit. If an upstream package or its distribution account is compromised, a malicious release could execute code during package installation or when the installed library is imported. The instruction also does not require an isolated virtual environment, so following it may modify the invoking user's global Python environment. This finding concerns mutable dependency resolution. The audit found no evidence that any of the four named packages are currently malicious. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises an upstream package release or its publishing account. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious version accepted by unconstrained dependency resolution. 3. A user follows the documented `pip install` command. 4. pip downloads and installs the attacker-controlled release. 5. Malicious installation or import-time code executes with the privileges of the user running pip. 6. The code can access resources available to that user, potentially including the sensitive AIME spreadsheets processed by the Skill. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could permit arbitrary code execution with the invoking user's privileges. The affected scope could include files, credentials, environment variables, and network resources accessible to that account. If installation is performed as an administrator, the impact may extend system-wide; the documentation does not require elevated privileges. The project contains only `SKILL.md`, and the referenced scr ...[truncated 122 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions - Place reviewed, exact dependency versions in a requirements or lock file. - Generate and verify cryptographic hashes for every permitted distribution. - Install with hash enforcement, for example: ```bash python3 -m venv .venv . .venv/bin/activate python3 -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt ``` - Review transitive dependencies and include them in the locked dependency set. - Use a trusted, explicitly configured package index or an internally controlled package mirror. - Add automated dependency vulnerability and integrity scanning. - Avoid running pip with administrator or root privileges. - Include the referenced scripts in the audited package so their dependency use and data-handling behavior can be reviewed.