T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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- Location
- SKILL.md:10
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Dependency Installation## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 10-13 **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned dependency and insufficient supply-chain integrity controls **Risk Level**: Medium **Vulnerable Code:** ```bash Install dependencies: ```bash pip install akshare ``` ``` ### Technical Analysis The installation instructions retrieve the latest available version of `akshare` and its transitive dependencies without a version constraint, lock file, or package hash verification. Consequently, the code installed and executed by users can differ from the dependency version originally reviewed. Package installation may execute build-system or installation logic. The package is also imported by both Python scripts, allowing malicious package initialization code to run with the privileges of the user invoking the Skill. This is not evidence that the current AkShare package is malicious. The vulnerability is the absence of controls that ensure users receive a known, audited dependency artifact. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the upstream package, a maintainer account, the package publication process, or a transitive dependency. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious release that satisfies the unrestricted installation command. 3. A user follows the documented `pip install akshare` instruction. 4. The package manager resolves and installs the attacker-controlled release. 5. Malicious code executes during installation or when one of the project scripts imports `akshare`. ### Impact Assessment Malicious dependency code could execute with the operating-system privileges of the user running `pip` or the stock-analysis scripts. Depending on those privileges, it could access user-readable files and credentials, alter files, make arbitrary network requests, or compromise the Python environment. The scope is normally limited to the invoking user and accessible environment. If installation is performed with administra ...[truncated 87 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions - Pin AkShare to a specific, reviewed version rather than resolving the latest release. - Maintain a lock file that fixes all transitive dependency versions. - Record and verify cryptographic hashes, such as through a hash-locked requirements file and `pip install --require-hashes`. - Install dependencies from the official Python package index through a trusted HTTPS configuration. - Review dependency updates before modifying the lock file. - Run the Skill in a dedicated virtual environment under a non-administrative account. - Consider automated dependency vulnerability and provenance scanning in the release process. Example hardened installation pattern: ```bash python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt ```
