T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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SKILL.md:10- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependency Installation
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 10–14
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned third-party dependency
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code:
bash pip install ezdxfTechnical Analysis
The installation instructions resolve the latest available version of
ezdxfand its transitive dependencies at installation time. The project provides no exact version constraint, lockfile, integrity hashes, or explicitly trusted package index.Consequently, the installed code can change after this Skill has been audited. This exposes users to supply-chain threats such as compromise of the legitimate package or one of its transitive dependencies. It can also introduce unreviewed behavioral or compatibility changes.
The audit found no evidence that the project intentionally uses dependency confusion, typosquatting, or an untrusted package source. The risk arises from mutable, unverified dependency resolution.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises the published
ezdxfpackage, a resolved transitive dependency, or the relevant package-distribution channel. - A user follows the documented setup command:
bash pip install ezdxf pipresolves and downloads the currently published, unpinned artifacts.- Malicious package code executes during installation or when
scripts/dxf_handle.pyimportsezdxf. - The malicious code operates with the privileges and filesystem access of the user running the installation or script.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could permit arbitrary code execution under the installing or invoking user's account. The resulting access may include reading or modifying files available to that account, including CAD documents and generated output, and making network requests if the environment permits them.
The reviewed project itself does not request elevated privileges, establish persistence, access credentials, or perform network communication. Therefore, the potential sco ...[truncated 75 chars]
- An attacker compromises the published
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin
ezdxfto an explicitly reviewed version rather than resolving the latest release:text ezdxf==<reviewed-version> - Generate and commit a dependency lockfile containing cryptographic hashes for
ezdxfand every transitive dependency. - Require hash verification during installation, for example:
bash python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt - Explicitly use the approved official package index and prohibit unexpected additional indexes:
bash python -m pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple --require-hashes -r requirements.txt - Install dependencies in an isolated virtual environment using a non-privileged account.
- Periodically review and update pinned dependencies after vulnerability and provenance checks.
- Consider documenting package-signing or provenance-verification procedures where supported by the deployment environment.
- Pin
