T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Error
- Location
- SKILL.md:20
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Package Execution Through npx## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 20-23 **Vulnerability Type**: Unpinned and unverified third-party dependency execution **Risk Level**: High ```bash ## Usage ```bash npx openclaw skill run openclaw-mcp-debugger --all ``` ``` ### Technical Analysis The documented usage command invokes the `openclaw` npm package through `npx` without specifying an exact version, integrity hash, lockfile, trusted source, or expected publisher identity. If the package is not already installed locally, `npx` may resolve, download, and execute package code from the configured npm registry. Consequently, the code executed by users can change after this skill has been reviewed. A compromised publisher account, malicious package release, registry compromise, or unexpected upstream change could cause arbitrary code to run under the invoking user's account. The repository contains no implementation that would allow auditors to verify the advertised diagnostics and repair behavior independently. The undocumented `--all` argument may also broaden the command's operational scope, but its exact effects cannot be established from the repository contents. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the upstream `openclaw` package, its publisher account, or its distribution channel and publishes a malicious version. 2. A user follows the command in `SKILL.md` without pinning a previously audited version. 3. `npx` resolves the current package version from the configured npm registry and downloads it if necessary. 4. The package's lifecycle scripts or executable entry point run with the privileges of the invoking user. 5. Malicious package code can access resources available to that user, subject to operating-system and environment restrictions. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could provide arbitrary code execution with the invoking user's privileges. Potential exposure includes user-readable files, environ ...[truncated 438 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin `openclaw` to an exact, reviewed version rather than allowing `npx` to resolve the latest release. 2. Commit an appropriate lockfile and verify package integrity through supported hashes, signatures, and registry provenance metadata. 3. Document the expected package publisher, registry source, audited version, and exact behavior of the `--all` option. 4. Prefer checked-in, reviewable local implementation code over dynamically retrieving executable package content at invocation time. 5. Disable or explicitly control npm lifecycle scripts where operationally possible. 6. Run the command in a least-privileged, isolated environment with restricted filesystem, credential, and network access. 7. Establish a dependency update process that requires source review and security validation before changing the pinned version.