T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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SKILL.md:25- Finding
Unpinned Runtime Dependency Resolution
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, line 25
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned third-party dependency
Risk Level: MediumComplete Code Snippet:
text - Run it with: uv run --with pandas {baseDir}/analyzer.py [csv-path]Technical Analysis
The documented invocation uses
uv run --with pandasto resolve and installpandasdynamically at runtime without specifying an audited version or requiring a committed lockfile. Consequently, the package version and its transitive dependency graph may change between executions.This creates a supply-chain risk: if a future resolved release or one of its dependencies is compromised, malicious code could execute when the dependency is loaded by
analyzer.py. The absence of version and integrity constraints also makes builds non-reproducible. No evidence indicates that the currentpandaspackage is malicious; the vulnerability is the unsafe dependency-resolution practice.Attack Path
- An attacker compromises a future version of
pandasor a transitive dependency available through the configured package source. - A user invokes the Skill using the documented
uv run --with pandascommand. - Because no version or lockfile constraint is enforced,
uvresolves and downloads the affected release. analyzer.pyexecutesimport pandas as pd.- Malicious initialization code in the compromised dependency executes with the permissions and environment access of the Agent process.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the same operating-system privileges as the process running the Skill. This could expose files, environment variables, credentials, or other resources accessible to that process, and could alter analysis results or compromise the Agent environment. The code does not itself obtain elevated privileges, so the scope remains bounded by the invoking process's existing permissions and any sur ...[truncated 26 chars]
- An attacker compromises a future version of
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Remediation Suggestions
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pandasto a specific, reviewed version rather than resolving the latest available release at each invocation. - Declare dependencies in a project configuration and commit the generated lockfile.
- Invoke
uvin locked or frozen mode so execution fails if dependency resolution differs from the reviewed lockfile. - Retain and verify package integrity metadata where supported.
- Review and update pinned direct and transitive dependencies through a controlled dependency-update process.
- Prefer a pre-provisioned, trusted environment instead of downloading dependencies during each Skill invocation.
- Run the Skill with least privilege and restrict its filesystem, network, credential, and environment-variable access to reduce the impact of a dependency compromise.
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