T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- README.md:136
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Create a Supply-Chain Risk<![CDATA[ ## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `README.md`, lines 136-140 **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned third-party package installation **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```markdown Installation dependencies: ```bash pip install akshare pandas ``` ``` ### Technical Analysis The documented installation command retrieves the latest available versions of `akshare`, `pandas`, and their transitive dependencies without version constraints or integrity hashes. Consequently, installations are not reproducible, and the code installed in the future may differ from the code reviewed during this audit. No evidence indicates that the currently named packages are malicious. The security issue is that the installation process implicitly trusts mutable package releases and their dependency trees. A compromised package publisher account, malicious dependency release, unsafe package-index configuration, or future dependency compromise could introduce arbitrary code into the installation or runtime environment. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises a listed package, one of its transitive dependencies, or the package publisher's distribution account. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious version to the package index used by `pip`. 3. A user follows the documented `pip install akshare pandas` command after the malicious release becomes available. 4. `pip` resolves and installs the compromised release because no reviewed versions or hashes are enforced. 5. Malicious package code executes during installation or when the stock-ranking script imports the dependency. 6. The payload receives the permissions of the user running `pip` or the script. This path depends on a third-party supply-chain compromise; the audited repository does not itself contain such a payload. ### Impact Assessment A successfully compromised dependency could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the installing or invoking user. Depending on that user's permissions, the ...[truncated 462 chars]
- Remediation
- <![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Define reviewed, exact dependency versions in a requirements file: ```text akshare==REVIEWED_VERSION pandas==REVIEWED_VERSION ``` 2. Generate and verify cryptographic hashes for all direct and transitive dependencies, then install with: ```bash python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt ``` 3. Use a lock-file workflow that records the complete transitive dependency graph. 4. Install packages only from an explicitly configured trusted package index. 5. Run dependency vulnerability and provenance checks in CI before publishing the Skill. 6. Periodically update pinned versions through a controlled review and testing process. 7. Recommend installation in an isolated virtual environment under a nonprivileged user. ]]>