T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:18
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party CLI Installation Creates a Supply-Chain Risk## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 18-20 **Vulnerability Type**: T08: Insecure Dependencies **Risk Level**: Medium ```bash pip install dingtalk-cli ``` ### Technical Analysis The Skill instructs the agent to install `dingtalk-cli` without specifying an exact version or verifying the package's integrity. Consequently, `pip` resolves whichever release is currently available from the configured package index. The installed package's source code is not included in this project, so its behavior cannot be verified as part of this audit. This CLI is subsequently trusted to process DingTalk application keys, application secrets, operator identities, local document content, and privileged API operations. A compromised package-index account, malicious replacement package, dependency-confusion condition, or unexpectedly modified release could therefore introduce arbitrary code into the agent's environment. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the package, its publishing account, or a package source selected by the local `pip` configuration. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious release under the expected package name. 3. An agent follows the Skill instructions and executes `pip install dingtalk-cli` without a version or hash constraint. 4. `pip` downloads and installs the attacker-controlled release. 5. The malicious package executes during installation or when the CLI is invoked. 6. It accesses resources available to the current user, potentially including the DingTalk credentials and configuration created by the documented authentication workflow. 7. It may exfiltrate credentials, manipulate DingTalk documents or membership through authorized APIs, or modify other files accessible to the agent account. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation permits code execution with the privileges of the user or agent running `pip` and the CLI. The reachable scope includes user-accessible local files, ...[truncated 472 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin the dependency to an exact, reviewed version, for example `dingtalk-cli==X.Y.Z`. 2. Record cryptographic hashes in a requirements or lock file and install with `pip --require-hashes`. 3. Explicitly configure and document a trusted package index rather than relying on ambient `pip` configuration. 4. Review the selected release's source code, transitive dependencies, release provenance, and maintainer identity before deployment. 5. Prefer vendoring or distributing the audited implementation with the Skill when practical. 6. Install and execute the CLI in an isolated virtual environment or sandbox under a non-privileged account. 7. Grant the DingTalk application and operator identity only the minimum permissions needed for the requested operation. 8. Keep secrets outside the project and restrict filesystem permissions on the configuration directory and credential file. 9. Add automated dependency scanning and controlled update review so package upgrades cannot silently change executable behavior.