T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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scripts/upload_page_to_r2.py:3- Finding
Unbounded Runtime Dependency Resolution
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=3.10" # dependencies = [ # "boto3>=1.34.0", # "botocore>=1.34.0", # ] # /// ``` ### Technical Analysis The helper is intended to be executed through `uv run`, which resolves the inline dependencies at runtime. Both `boto3` and `botocore` use open-ended minimum-version constraints rather than exact, audited versions. Consequently, any future package release satisfying these constraints may be downloaded, imported, and executed without being represented in the reviewed project source. This creates a supply-chain exposure: compromise of a future compatible package release or its distribution channel could alter the effective code executed by the Skill. No evidence was found that the currently named packages are malicious; the risk arises from unconstrained future dependency resolution. The dependency code executes in the same process and security context as the upload helper. It can therefore access the R2 credentials loaded from the environment, provider records supplied through files or standard input, network connectivity, and any files available to the invoking operating-system account. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises a future release of `boto3`, `botocore`, or the relevant package-distribution path. 2. The malicious release retains a version number satisfying `>=1.34.0`. 3. A user invokes the documented `uv run scripts/upload_page_to_r2.py ...` workflow in an environment without a restrictive lockfile or previously fixed resolution. 4. `uv` resolves and installs the compromised compatible version. 5. Python imports the dependency before the helper performs its upload. 6. Malicious initialization code reads `R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `R2_ACCOUNT_ID`, or the provider payload and transmits ...[truncated 909 chars]- Remediation
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", # "botocore==", # ] # /// ``` The placeholders should be replaced with mutually compatible versions that have been reviewed and recorded in the project's lockfile. ]]>
