T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:16- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Create a Supply-Chain Risk
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md:16-19; duplicated inreferences/strategy_backtest_guide.md:7
Vulnerability Type: T08: Insecure Dependencies
Risk Level: MediumComplete Code Snippet:
markdown ## Prerequisites ```bash pip install pandas numpy backtrader matplotlibtext The reference guide repeats the installation instruction: ```markdown - **Typical deps**: `pip install pandas numpy backtrader matplotlib`Technical Analysis
The project instructs users to install four third-party packages from pip without exact version constraints, package hashes, a lock file, or an explicitly trusted package index. Dependency resolution therefore relies on mutable package-index state at installation time.
If a package or one of its transitive dependencies is compromised, a malicious release could execute code during installation or when subsequently imported. Unpinned dependencies also reduce build reproducibility and can introduce incompatible or vulnerable releases without any project change.
The supplied executable currently does not import these packages, so the installation requirement unnecessarily expands the project's supply-chain attack surface.
Attack Path
- A user follows the documented prerequisite command.
- pip queries its configured package index and selects currently available package versions and transitive dependencies.
- An attacker compromises a listed package, its release process, or a transitive dependency and publishes a malicious version.
- The unconstrained installation resolves to the malicious release.
- Malicious installation hooks or imported package code execute with the privileges of the user running pip.
This path depends on compromise of the package supply chain or package-index configuration; no evidence shows that the currently named packages are malicious.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could execute arbi ...[truncated 374 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove the dependency-installation prerequisite until the implementation actually uses these packages.
- If the packages become necessary, pin reviewed exact versions in a requirements file.
- Generate and verify cryptographic hashes, then install with
pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt. - Lock all transitive dependencies using a reproducible dependency-management tool.
- Install dependencies inside a dedicated virtual environment under a non-privileged account.
- Configure an approved package index explicitly and review dependency provenance before updates.
- Add automated vulnerability and dependency-integrity scanning to the release process.
- Keep the instructions in
SKILL.mdandreferences/strategy_backtest_guide.mdsynchronized after remediation.