T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:22
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Package Installation## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 22–24 **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned dependency installation **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```bash # Install edge-tts python3 -m pip install edge-tts ``` ### Technical Analysis The documented installation command downloads the current `edge-tts` release and its transitive dependencies without a version constraint, lockfile, or cryptographic hash verification. Consequently, the code installed by users can differ from the dependency version that was reviewed during this audit. This is a supply-chain weakness rather than evidence that the current `edge-tts` package is malicious. Exploitation would require compromise of the package, its release process, the package index, or one of its unconstrained transitive dependencies. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises an upstream package release, maintainer account, distribution channel, or transitive dependency. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious version under the expected package identity. 3. A user follows the skill's documented `python3 -m pip install edge-tts` command. 4. `pip` resolves and installs the attacker-controlled release because no reviewed version or hashes are enforced. 5. Malicious package code executes during installation or when `smart_speak.py` invokes `edge-tts`. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the account installing or running the package. Depending on those privileges, the attacker could access that user's files and environment variables, tamper with generated output, make unauthorized network requests, or establish further compromise. The skill itself does not request elevated privileges for the pip command, so this finding does not independently demonstrate root-level compromise.
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin `edge-tts` and every transitive dependency to reviewed versions in a requirements or lock file. 2. Record and enforce cryptographic hashes, for example: ```bash python3 -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt ``` 3. Generate the lock file from a trusted environment and review dependency changes before updating it. 4. Install dependencies inside a dedicated virtual environment rather than the user's global environment. 5. Use a trusted package index and consider an internally controlled package mirror for higher-assurance deployments. 6. Add automated dependency vulnerability and integrity scanning to the release process.