T08 · Insecure Dependencies
- Location
README.md:13- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Dependency Installation
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
README.md:13-17; dependency imported atfortune_luck.py:14-18
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned third-party dependency
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code Snippet:
bash pip install lunar-pythonTechnical Analysis
The installation instructions retrieve the latest available
lunar-pythonrelease without specifying a reviewed version, lockfile, or cryptographic hash. Consequently, separate installations can resolve to different package versions, and the effective dependency code may change without a corresponding change to this project.The dependency name is consistent with the
lunar_pythonimport, and the audit found no evidence of typosquatting or an intentionally malicious package. The risk instead arises from unconstrained dependency resolution and the absence of integrity verification.Attack Path
- An attacker compromises the package publishing account, upstream distribution infrastructure, or a future dependency release.
- The attacker publishes a modified version under the expected package name.
- A user follows the documented unpinned installation command.
- Package management resolves and installs the attacker-controlled release.
- Malicious package code can execute during installation or when
fortune_luck.pyimports the package.
Impact Assessment
Exploitation would execute code with the privileges of the user or service installing or running the skill. Depending on those privileges, impact could include access to user files, environment variables, application data, and network resources, as well as modification of files writable by that account. The project itself does not request elevated privileges, so this issue does not independently provide administrative or root access.
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin
lunar-pythonto a reviewed, exact version in a dependency manifest. - Generate and commit a lockfile so installations resolve to reproducible dependency versions.
- Require package hashes where supported, such as with
pip install --require-hashes. - Review dependency updates before changing the pinned version.
- Use automated vulnerability and dependency-integrity scanning in CI.
- Install dependencies in an isolated virtual environment under a non-privileged account.
- Pin
