T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:112- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependency Installation
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 112–121 and 239–240
Vulnerability Type: Insecure dependency installation and insufficient supply-chain integrity controls
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code Snippets
markdown - Installed uv package manager (`pip install uv` or `brew install uv`)bash uv pip install python-kasa>=0.10.2markdown | python-kasa | Python library | Required | `uv pip install python-kasa>=0.10.2` | | uv | Package manager | Recommended | `pip install uv` or `brew install uv` |Technical Analysis
The Skill instructs the agent to install
uvwithout a version constraint andpython-kasausing only a lower-bound constraint. It provides no lockfile, package hashes, trusted-index configuration, or other integrity verification.Consequently, the versions installed depend on mutable package repository state at execution time. A future compromised, malicious, or unexpectedly incompatible release satisfying
python-kasa>=0.10.2could be selected. Package installation and subsequent imports may execute package-controlled code with the privileges of the account running the agent.This finding concerns missing dependency integrity controls. The audit did not establish that the named packages or their current releases are malicious.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises a permitted future release of
uvorpython-kasa, or otherwise influences the package source used by the environment. - An agent follows the instructions in
SKILL.md. - The package manager resolves the unconstrained or broadly constrained dependency from the mutable source.
- Installation hooks or imported runtime code execute under the agent account.
- The malicious dependency accesses resources available to that account or manipulates the Skill's local-network operations.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could provide code execution with the privileges of the user or agent performing installa ...[truncated 334 chars]
- An attacker compromises a permitted future release of
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin every dependency to an exact, reviewed version, including
uvandpython-kasa. - Generate and commit a lockfile containing cryptographic hashes for all direct and transitive dependencies.
- Require hash verification during installation and reject artifacts whose hashes do not match the reviewed lockfile.
- Configure an explicit trusted package index or an internally controlled package mirror rather than relying on ambient package-manager configuration.
- Install dependencies inside a dedicated virtual environment or sandbox under a non-privileged account.
- Review dependency updates before changing pinned versions, including package provenance, release history, and transitive dependency changes.
- Separate installation from device-control execution where practical, and restrict filesystem, environment-variable, and network access to the minimum required for local smart-light control.
- Pin every dependency to an exact, reviewed version, including
