T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:287- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Package Installation
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md:287
Vulnerability Type: Supply-chain exposure through an unpinned dependency
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code Snippet:
markdown | uv | Package manager | Required | `pip install uv` |Technical Analysis
The installation instruction retrieves
uvfrom the Python package index configured in the user's environment without specifying an exact version or validating an integrity hash. Consequently, the installed artifact is mutable and may differ from the version originally reviewed.This creates a supply-chain risk if the upstream package, package repository, configured mirror, or local package-index configuration is compromised. Installation-time behavior from a malicious package release could execute with the privileges of the user running
pip.The audit found no evidence that
uvis currently malicious. The confirmed weakness is the absence of dependency pinning and integrity verification.Attack Path
- An attacker compromises the upstream package distribution channel, a configured package mirror, or package-index resolution.
- The attacker publishes or serves a malicious package artifact under the expected package name.
- A user or Agent follows the Skill instruction and executes
pip install uv. pipresolves and downloads the attacker-controlled mutable release.- Malicious installation or package code executes under the invoking user's account.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user performing the installation. Depending on that user's access, this may expose project files, environment variables, credentials, and other user-readable data, or permit modification of user-writable files. The documentation does not request elevated privileges, so administrative or root-level impact is not established.
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin
uvto a specifically reviewed version instead of installing the latest available release. - Use a lockfile or requirements file containing cryptographic hashes and install with hash verification, such as
pip install --require-hashes. - Explicitly identify and enforce a trusted package index rather than relying on ambient pip configuration.
- Verify package provenance or signatures where supported.
- Perform installation in an isolated, least-privileged environment.
- Document a controlled dependency-update and security-review process.
- Pin
