T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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Unpinned and Ecosystem-Mismatched Dependencies
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=3.5.0", "numpy": ">=1.20.0", "pillow": ">=8.0.0" } ``` `SKILL.md:49-56`: ```bash pip install matplotlib numpy pillow # For MP4 support: # macOS: brew install ffmpeg # Ubuntu: sudo apt install ffmpeg ``` ### Technical Analysis The implementation is written in Python and imports `matplotlib`, `numpy`, and Pillow-related functionality. However, these dependencies are declared in the npm `dependencies` section of `package.json`. Consequently, `npm install` resolves packages from the npm ecosystem rather than installing the Python packages required by the script. This ecosystem mismatch creates dependency-confusion and package-substitution risk: identically named npm packages are not necessarily the reviewed Python components and may contain npm lifecycle scripts that execute during installation. The Python installation instructions also use unconstrained package names, while the npm declarations permit every future version above a minimum threshold. The project provides neither a lockfile nor integrity hashes. Dependency resolution can therefore change after review, allowing a subsequently compromised release or transitive dependency to enter the installation process. No evidence was found that the currently inspected project deliberately introduces a malicious dependency. The vulnerability is the unsafe and ambiguous dependency acquisition model. ### Attack Path 1. A user obtains the skill and follows its installation process or runs `npm install` based on the included `package.json`. 2. npm resolves `matplotlib`, `numpy`, and `pillow` from the npm registry instead of obtaining the intended Python dis ...[truncated 1245 chars]- Remediation
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