T08 · Insecure Dependencies
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:49
- Finding
- Unpinned Third-Party Package Installation and Execution<![CDATA[ ## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 49 and 199–207 **Vulnerability Type**: `T08: Insecure Dependencies` **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```bash npm install openclaw-decentral-social ``` ```bash npx openclaw-decentral-social demo # Or use shorthand ods demo ``` The same `npx openclaw-decentral-social demo` command is repeated in the localized usage example at line 207. ### Technical Analysis The documented commands resolve the `openclaw-decentral-social` package from the configured npm registry without specifying an exact version, lockfile, or integrity hash. Consequently, the code installed or executed can change after this Skill has been reviewed. The `npx` command is particularly sensitive because it may retrieve the current package release and immediately run its CLI entry point. Package-controlled CLI logic and applicable installation lifecycle scripts execute with the permissions of the user running the command. The project contains only `SKILL.md`; no package implementation, dependency manifest, lockfile, or integrity metadata is included, so the package's runtime behavior and the document's local-only and no-telemetry claims cannot be verified from the audited artifact. This is a supply-chain exposure rather than evidence that the referenced package is currently malicious. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker compromises the npm publisher account, package distribution process, registry response, or a future package release. 2. The attacker introduces malicious code into the package's CLI entry point or applicable lifecycle scripts. 3. A user follows the Skill instructions and runs the unpinned `npm install` or `npx` command. 4. npm resolves and downloads the attacker-controlled release because no audited exact version or integrity value is enforced. 5. The malicious lifecycle or CLI code executes under the invoking user's account. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation could provide arbitrary co ...[truncated 618 chars]
- Remediation
- <![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Pin the package to an exact version that has undergone security review instead of relying on the registry's current version: ```bash npm install openclaw-decentral-social@<audited-exact-version> ``` 2. Publish and retain a lockfile containing registry integrity metadata, and require installation with a lockfile-enforcing workflow such as `npm ci`. 3. Avoid download-and-execute behavior through an unpinned `npx` invocation. Install the verified dependency first and invoke its local binary: ```bash npm exec --no -- ods demo ``` The exact invocation should be validated against the selected npm version and package binary name. 4. Where package functionality permits, initially install with lifecycle scripts disabled: ```bash npm install --ignore-scripts openclaw-decentral-social@<audited-exact-version> ``` 5. Include or link to the exact audited source revision, dependency manifest, lockfile, checksums, and reproducible-build information so reviewers can verify that the installed artifact corresponds to the reviewed code. 6. Run demonstrations in a least-privileged, isolated environment without production credentials or sensitive files, and restrict outbound network access when networking is not required. ]]>