T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- requirements.txt:1
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Create Supply-Chain Risk## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `requirements.txt:1-2` **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned and integrity-unverified dependencies **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```text aioblescan networkx ``` `SKILL.md:15-18` instructs users to install these dependencies directly: ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt python anima_minter.py ``` ### Technical Analysis Neither dependency has an exact version constraint or cryptographic hash. Consequently, installation resolves whichever compatible release the configured package index provides at that time. This makes installations non-reproducible and prevents users from verifying that downloaded distributions match versions reviewed by the project. If a dependency release or configured package repository is compromised, package installation hooks or imported runtime code could execute in the user's environment. The project does not itself establish that either named package is currently malicious; the issue is the absence of dependency version and integrity controls. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises a future release, distribution artifact, maintainer account, or package repository associated with a dependency. 2. A user follows the documented command `pip install -r requirements.txt`. 3. Pip resolves and downloads the attacker-controlled release because no reviewed version or artifact hash is required. 4. Malicious installation hooks execute during installation, or malicious module code executes when `anima_minter.py` imports the package. 5. The payload operates with the permissions of the user performing the installation or running the script. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could permit arbitrary code execution with the invoking user's privileges. Depending on those privileges, an attacker could access user-readable files, credentials, Bluetooth resources, and network services or modify files owned by the user. If installat ...[truncated 167 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin every direct dependency to an exact, reviewed version. 2. Generate a lock file that also fixes transitive dependency versions. 3. Record cryptographic hashes for approved distributions and install with pip's `--require-hashes` option. 4. Retrieve packages only from a trusted, explicitly configured package index. 5. Add automated dependency vulnerability and provenance scanning to the release process. 6. Review and update pinned versions through a controlled process rather than accepting new releases automatically. 7. Perform installation and execution as an unprivileged user in an isolated virtual environment.