T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Note
- Location
- scripts/requirements.txt:1
- Finding
- Unbounded Third-Party Dependency Versions Permit Unreviewed Package Updates## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `scripts/requirements.txt:1-2`; installation documented at `SKILL.md:484` **Vulnerability Type**: Insecure dependency version constraints **Risk Level**: Low **Relevant code:** ```text requests>=2.28.0 tabulate>=0.9.0 ``` The Skill directs users to install these dependencies without a lock file or integrity verification: ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ### Technical Analysis Both dependencies use open-ended minimum-version constraints. Consequently, installation can resolve to any future release published under these package names. The project does not provide exact versions, cryptographic hashes, or a reviewed lock file. No malicious, misspelled, or privately sourced package was identified in the audited version. `requests` and `tabulate` are established packages, so this is a supply-chain hardening weakness rather than evidence that the current dependencies are malicious. Exploitation depends on a future upstream compromise, malicious release, package-index compromise, or unexpected incompatible release. The dependencies are imported during normal execution: - `scripts/fetcher.py` imports `requests`. - `scripts/formatter.py` imports `tabulate`. A malicious resolved release could therefore execute code when imported or used by the scanner. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises an upstream package publisher account or otherwise causes a malicious future version of `requests` or `tabulate` to be distributed through the configured package index. 2. A user follows `SKILL.md` and runs `pip install -r requirements.txt`. 3. Because only a minimum version is specified, the package installer accepts the malicious newer release. 4. The user launches the scanner. 5. The malicious dependency executes in the Python process when imported or invoked. This path is contingent on compromise of the dependency distribution chain; the project does not ...[truncated 594 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin reviewed dependency versions exactly, for example: ```text requests==2.32.5 tabulate==0.9.0 ``` 2. Generate a reproducible lock file with cryptographic hashes using a dependency-management tool such as `pip-tools`, Poetry, or uv. 3. Require hash verification during installation, for example with `pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt`. 4. Review and test dependency upgrades before updating pinned versions. 5. Add automated dependency vulnerability scanning and update monitoring. 6. Install and run the Skill in an isolated virtual environment under a non-privileged user. 7. Document the expected package index and avoid untrusted mirrors or extra indexes.