T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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- Location
- SKILL.md:14
- Finding
- Generated Projects Use Unpinned Security-Sensitive Dependencies## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 14-17 **Vulnerability Type**: T08: Insecure Dependencies **Risk Level**: Medium **Complete Code Snippet**: ```markdown When asked to build a bot, provide: - A full `main.py` script. - A `requirements.txt` file (must include `solana`, `solders`, `requests`, `python-dotenv`). - A `.env` template. ``` ### Technical Analysis The Skill requires generated trading projects to include four third-party Python packages but does not instruct the agent to pin reviewed versions, use package hashes, produce a lockfile, or verify package provenance. Consequently, generated `requirements.txt` files may resolve to mutable package releases selected at installation time. This is a supply-chain risk rather than evidence that any named package is currently malicious. Its security significance is elevated because the generated software is intended to load a Solana wallet private key and submit financial transactions. Code in installed dependencies executes with the bot process's permissions and may access its environment variables, network connections, and transaction data. ### Attack Path 1. The Skill generates a trading-bot project containing unpinned dependencies. 2. A user installs those dependencies from a package index without hash verification. 3. A required package or one of its transitive dependencies is compromised, maliciously updated, or replaced through an unsafe package source. 4. The malicious package executes during installation or when imported by the generated bot. 5. It reads the bot process's environment, including `PRIVATE_KEY`, or modifies transaction construction and submission. 6. The attacker can exfiltrate wallet credentials or manipulate financial transactions within the authority available to the bot. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code with the operating-system privileges of the user running or installin ...[truncated 457 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions - Require exact, reviewed dependency versions rather than unconstrained package names. - Generate and commit a lockfile that includes transitive dependency versions. - Use cryptographic package hashes and install with `pip install --require-hashes`. - Install only from explicitly trusted package indexes over authenticated HTTPS. - Add automated dependency auditing and vulnerability scanning to the generated project. - Regularly review and deliberately update pinned versions rather than resolving the newest releases automatically. - Run the bot in an isolated, least-privilege environment with restricted filesystem and network access. - Use a dedicated low-value trading wallet and avoid exposing broader credentials to the bot process.