T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:62
- Finding
- Unpinned installation command includes an unused dependency## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md:60-63` **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned and unnecessary third-party dependencies **Risk Level**: Medium **Vulnerable Code Snippet**: ```bash pip install kalshi-python requests pyyaml ``` ### Technical Analysis The documented installation command retrieves the latest available versions of three packages without enforcing the versions pinned in `requirements.txt`. This makes the code installed by users dependent on mutable package-index state at installation time. The implementation does not import or use `requests`; it uses Python's `urllib.request` module for Polymarket requests. Installing `requests` therefore expands the dependency graph and supply-chain attack surface without being necessary for the Skill's declared functionality. Although `requirements.txt` pins package versions, users following `SKILL.md` bypass those constraints. Version pinning alone does not provide complete integrity protection, but using the reviewed dependency manifest is safer than resolving unconstrained releases. ### Attack Path 1. A user follows the installation command in `SKILL.md`. 2. Pip resolves the current releases of the named packages and their transitive dependencies rather than the versions reviewed in `requirements.txt`. 3. A compromised, malicious, or unexpectedly incompatible future release is downloaded from the configured package index. 4. Package installation hooks or subsequently imported package code execute with the privileges of the user running pip. 5. Malicious dependency code could access files and credentials available to that user, including the configured Kalshi credential path. Exploitation depends on compromise or substitution of a package or dependency; the audited repository itself does not contain such a malicious package. ### Impact Assessment A compromised dependency could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the installing or invoking ...[truncated 274 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Replace the unconstrained command with: ```bash python -m pip install -r requirements.txt ``` 2. Remove `requests` from `requirements.txt` and installation documentation if it is not required by another verified component. 3. Generate and distribute a lock file containing hashes, or use pip's `--require-hashes` option with a fully resolved requirements file. 4. Review and pin transitive dependencies where practical. 5. Recommend installation inside a dedicated virtual environment under a non-privileged user. 6. Keep dependency versions updated through a controlled review and testing process rather than unconstrained resolution during user installation.