T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
requirements.txt:1- Finding
Unbounded Third-Party Dependency Versions Create Supply-Chain Risk
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=1.0.0 replicate>=0.20.0 requests>=2.31.0 pillow>=10.0.0 python-dotenv>=1.0.0 ``` ### Technical Analysis All dependencies use minimum-version constraints without upper bounds, exact version pins, or package hashes. Consequently, a future installation can retrieve package versions that were never reviewed with this Skill. Because Python packages may execute code during installation and are imported by the runtime scripts, a compromised upstream release could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user installing or running the Skill. The audit found no evidence that the currently named packages are malicious; the vulnerability is the absence of reproducible, integrity-verified dependency resolution. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the publisher account, distribution process, or release infrastructure of one of the permitted dependencies. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious version greater than or equal to the minimum version specified here. 3. A user follows the documented command `pip install -r requirements.txt`. 4. `pip` resolves and installs the malicious future version because it satisfies the declared constraint. 5. Malicious installation hooks or imported package code execute with the installing or running user's privileges. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could allow arbitrary code execution within the Python installation context. The attacker could access files, environment variables, API credentials, and network resources available to the affected user. This does not directly grant elevated operating-system privileges unless the installation is performed from an elevated account. ]]>- Remediation
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--hash=sha256: replicate== --hash=sha256: requests== --hash=sha256: pillow== --hash=sha256: python-dotenv== --hash=sha256: ``` ]]>