T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:14
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party CLI Dependency## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 14–21 **Vulnerability Type**: Supply-chain exposure through an unpinned third-party dependency **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```yaml requires: bins: - deepvista skills: - deepvista-shared install: - kind: uv package: deepvista-cli bins: [deepvista] ``` ### Technical Analysis The skill declares installation of the third-party `deepvista-cli` package through `uv` without specifying an exact version, integrity hash, signature, lockfile, or trusted package source. Consequently, the package resolved during a future installation may differ from the version originally reviewed. This is a supply-chain weakness rather than evidence that the current package is malicious. If the package registry account, distribution package, or transitive dependency is compromised, installation or subsequent CLI invocation could execute attacker-controlled code with the permissions of the agent process. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the `deepvista-cli` package, its publishing account, its registry namespace, or a transitive dependency. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious release that remains compatible with the unversioned package requirement. 3. The skill installation process resolves and installs that release through `uv`. 4. Malicious package installation hooks or runtime code execute when the package is installed or the `deepvista` command is invoked. 5. The payload accesses resources available to the agent process or performs unauthorized actions within that process's security context. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could permit arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the account running the agent or installation process. Depending on that environment, the affected scope may include readable local files, environment variables, service credentials, DeepVista authentication material, and netwo ...[truncated 322 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin `deepvista-cli` to an exact, reviewed version rather than allowing mutable version resolution. 2. Verify package artifacts with cryptographic hashes or trusted publisher signatures. 3. Use and commit a lockfile that records all transitive dependency versions and integrity information. 4. Configure `uv` to use an explicitly trusted package registry and prevent dependency-confusion fallback to unintended sources. 5. Review dependency changes before updating the pinned version, and add automated vulnerability and provenance scanning. 6. Install and execute the CLI under least privilege, with access limited to only the files, credentials, and network destinations required for note management.