T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:207- Finding
Unpinned Dependency Installation in the Global Python Environment
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 207, 332, and 347
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned and insufficiently isolated third-party dependency installation
Risk Level: MediumRelevant code snippets:
bash pip3 install feedparserbash pip3 install feedparser -i https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simpleTechnical Analysis
The Skill instructs users to install
feedparserwithout specifying an exact version or verifying package hashes. The primary installation command also does not establish a virtual environment, meaning that it may modify the user's global or otherwise shared Python environment.The alternate installation command changes the package index. Although the documented mirror is not inherently malicious, using additional package-distribution infrastructure expands the supply-chain trust boundary. Package contents could also change after this Skill has been reviewed because neither a version nor a content hash is fixed.
This finding does not establish that
feedparseror the documented mirror is malicious. The vulnerability is the mutable and insufficiently isolated dependency acquisition procedure.Attack Path
- A user follows the installation instructions with their normal account or an elevated Python environment.
pipresolves the current package version and transitive dependencies from the selected index.- A compromised release, index, account, or dependency could supply attacker-controlled package content.
- Package installation or later import executes attacker-controlled Python code with the privileges of the user running
pipor the Skill. - If installed globally, the compromised component may also affect unrelated applications using the same environment.
Impact Assessment
Successful supply-chain exploitation could provide arbitrary code execution under the installing user's privileges. The resulting access may include reading ...[truncated 394 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Create and activate a dedicated virtual environment before installing dependencies.
- Pin
feedparserand all transitive dependencies to reviewed exact versions. - Supply a lock file or requirements file containing cryptographic hashes, and install with hash verification.
- Prefer the official package index unless an organization has explicitly approved and secured another repository.
- Avoid running
pipas an administrator or root user. - Document a repeatable dependency-review and update process rather than resolving mutable versions on every installation.
