T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:250- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Installed Without Integrity Verification
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 250-255
Vulnerability Type: Supply-chain exposure through unpinned dependencies
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code
markdown | httpx | Python library | Required | `pip install httpx` | | aiohttp | Python library | Required | `pip install aiohttp` | | beautifulsoup4 | Python library | Required | `pip install beautifulsoup4` | | lxml | Python library | Required | `pip install lxml` | | requests | Python library | Required | `pip install requests` | | faster-whisper | Python library | Optional | `pip install faster-whisper` |The labels in this excerpt are translated into English, while the package names and installation commands reproduce the audited instructions.
Technical Analysis
The Skill instructs users or AI agents to install multiple Python packages directly by name. It does not specify reviewed versions, package hashes, a lockfile, an approved package index, or signature verification.
Consequently, the effective dependency code can change after the Skill has been reviewed. A compromised future release, dependency account takeover, malicious transitive dependency, or unsafe package-index configuration could introduce arbitrary code into the execution environment.
This is a supply-chain weakness rather than evidence that any currently named package is malicious. No malicious dependency was confirmed during the audit.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises a listed dependency, one of its transitive dependencies, or the package-resolution infrastructure.
- A user or agent follows the documented unpinned
pip installcommand. - The package manager resolves and installs an attacker-controlled release.
- Malicious code executes during installation, import, or normal package use.
- That code accesses data available to the process, potentially including Bilibili credentials, local media, and account-operation parameters ...[truncated 498 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin every direct dependency to a reviewed version.
- Generate a lockfile that also fixes all transitive dependency versions.
- Require package hashes, such as through
pip install --require-hashes. - Install exclusively from a configured and trusted package index.
- Perform dependency vulnerability and provenance checks in CI.
- Run the toolkit in an isolated virtual environment or container under a dedicated, least-privileged account.
- Document a controlled upgrade process in which dependency changes are reviewed and tested before release.
