T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
SKILL.md:136- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Installed from an Unrestricted Package Source
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, line 136
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned and unverifiable third-party dependencies
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code Snippet:
bash pip install requests web3The same unpinned installation approach is also documented for the individual dependencies at lines 233–234.
Technical Analysis
The installation command does not specify package versions, hashes, a lock file, or a trusted package index. Consequently, the versions and transitive dependency graph installed by users can change without any corresponding modification to the audited skill.
Python package installation can execute package build or installation logic. If an upstream package, release account, package index, or transitive dependency is compromised, following this instruction may introduce and execute unreviewed code. The absence of version constraints also creates reproducibility and compatibility risks even when no malicious package is involved.
This finding does not establish that
requestsorweb3is currently malicious. The vulnerability is the skill's inability to constrain or verify the dependency artifacts it instructs users to install.Attack Path
- A user or Agent follows the environment preparation instructions.
pipqueries its configured package index and resolves the latest compatible versions ofrequests,web3, and their transitive dependencies.- An upstream account, release, package-index response, or transitive dependency has been compromised or unexpectedly changed since the skill was reviewed.
pipdownloads the mutable dependency set without validating it against project-approved hashes.- Malicious package installation logic may execute during installation, or malicious library code may execute when the package is imported by a future implementation.
Impact Assessment
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- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
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Provide a reviewed dependency manifest with exact versions rather than direct unpinned installation commands.
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Generate and publish cryptographic hashes for every direct and transitive dependency.
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Require hash validation, for example:
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Use a lock-generation workflow such as
pip-toolsand review dependency updates before regenerating the lock file. -
Explicitly document the approved package index and prevent unintended fallback to untrusted indexes.
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Install dependencies in an isolated virtual environment under a non-privileged account.
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Add automated dependency vulnerability and provenance checks to the release process.
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