T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:16
- Finding
- Unpinned Runtime Dependencies Create a Supply-Chain Risk## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md:16` **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned third-party dependencies installed from a mutable package source **Risk Level**: Medium **Complete Code Snippet**: ```bash pip install requests beautifulsoup4 lxml -q ``` ### Technical Analysis The installation command retrieves `requests`, `beautifulsoup4`, `lxml`, and their transitive dependencies without version constraints, cryptographic hashes, a lock file, or an explicitly configured trusted package index. Consequently, the dependencies installed in the future may differ from those reviewed during this audit. This does not prove that any currently named package is malicious. However, it creates a supply-chain exposure: compromise of a package release, maintainer account, transitive dependency, or configured package repository could cause attacker-controlled code to be installed or imported. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises a named dependency, one of its transitive dependencies, its publication account, or a package source used by the environment. 2. The attacker publishes a malicious release that satisfies the unconstrained installation request. 3. A user follows the documented dependency-check procedure and runs the provided `pip install` command. 4. `pip` resolves and installs the malicious or compromised release. 5. Attacker-controlled code executes during an applicable installation/build step or when the search script imports the affected package. ### Impact Assessment Malicious dependency code would generally execute with the privileges of the user running `pip` or invoking the Skill. It could access that user's readable files and environment variables, alter user-writable files, make network requests, or affect subsequent Skill behavior. If installation is performed with elevated privileges, the potential scope increases accordingly. The reviewed project itself contained no credential access, persistence ...[truncated 181 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Move dependencies into a version-controlled requirements or lock file and pin exact, reviewed versions, including transitive dependencies. 2. Generate and verify cryptographic hashes, then install with: ```bash python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt ``` 3. Configure an explicit, trusted package index rather than relying on ambient user or system pip configuration. 4. Review and update pinned packages through a controlled dependency-update process with vulnerability and provenance checks. 5. Install dependencies in an isolated virtual environment without administrative privileges. 6. Avoid suppressing installation output with `-q` in security-sensitive setup documentation so source, resolution, and verification failures remain visible.