T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:206- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Permit Unreviewed Package Installation
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md:206
Vulnerability Type:T08: Insecure Dependencies
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code Snippet:
bash pip install fastmcp supabase python-dateutilTechnical Analysis
The installation command does not constrain dependency versions or verify package integrity with cryptographic hashes. Consequently, installation results can change over time without any modification to the audited Skill.
The project also lacks a dependency lockfile or other reviewed dependency manifest. Users following the documented command will install whichever compatible releases the package index serves at that time, including potentially compromised or malicious future releases. Transitive dependencies are similarly unconstrained.
This finding establishes an unsafe supply-chain configuration. It does not establish that any of the named packages are currently malicious.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises a named dependency, one of its transitive dependencies, or the associated package-publishing account.
- The attacker publishes a malicious package release to the package index used by
pip. - A user follows the installation instructions in
SKILL.md. - Because no versions or hashes are specified,
pipresolves and downloads the affected release. - Malicious package behavior executes during installation, import, or application runtime with the privileges of the installing or server process.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user installing or running the MCP server. Depending on that account's permissions, this could expose environment variables, Supabase credentials, locally accessible files, cycle-history data, and other services reachable from the host.
The ultimate scope is limited by the operating-system privileges, network access, and secrets granted to the installation and runtime ...[truncated 13 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin every direct dependency to an explicitly reviewed version.
- Generate and commit a lockfile that also constrains transitive dependencies.
- Require cryptographic hashes, such as through a hash-locked requirements file and
pip install --require-hashes. - Configure an approved package index explicitly and disable unintended fallback indexes to reduce dependency-confusion exposure.
- Perform automated dependency vulnerability and provenance scanning in CI.
- Review dependency updates before regenerating the lockfile.
- Install and run the service in an isolated, non-privileged environment with minimal filesystem, network, and secret access.
