T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:17- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Package Installation
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 17-19; also referenced at line 12
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned dependency installation from a mutable package registry
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code
bash # Install pip install fusion-benchThe same unpinned installation command is advertised at line 12:
markdown **PyPI:** `pip install fusion-bench`Technical Analysis
The Skill directs users or agents to install
fusion-benchfrom PyPI without specifying a reviewed version, verifying package hashes, using a lockfile, or requiring an isolated environment. Consequently, the package and its transitive dependencies are resolved from mutable registry state at installation time.Python package installation can execute build-system and installation logic. If a future release of the named package, one of its dependencies, or the associated publishing account is compromised, following this instruction could execute attacker-controlled code with the privileges of the user running
pip. The audit found no evidence that the currently published package is malicious; the vulnerability is the absence of controls ensuring that the installed artifact is the version that was reviewed and intended.Attack Path
- An attacker compromises the package publisher, a required transitive dependency, or the relevant supply-chain publishing process.
- The attacker publishes a malicious version that satisfies the unrestricted dependency resolution request.
- A user or agent follows the Skill and runs
pip install fusion-bench. pipresolves the attacker-controlled release because no version or artifact hash is pinned.- Malicious build, installation, import-time, or runtime code executes in the installation environment.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could provide arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the account that invokes
pip. Depending on that ...[truncated 350 chars]- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin
fusion-benchto a specific version that has been reviewed, for examplefusion-bench==X.Y.Z. - Publish a lockfile that pins all transitive dependencies.
- Provide cryptographic hashes and install with
pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt. - Recommend installation inside a dedicated virtual environment or disposable container rather than a system Python environment.
- Avoid running package installation with administrator or root privileges.
- Document the expected official package publisher and source repository so users can validate provenance.
- Establish a dependency-update process that reviews and tests new versions before changing the pinned version or hashes.
- Pin
