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Non-upgradable dependencies

Description​

Dependencies are not explicitly declared (name and version) within the source code. They are copied directly into the repositories.

Impact​

  • Loss of maintainability because dependencies are not maintained.
  • Late update of units in case a vulnerability is reported for one of the reported vulnerabilities.

Recommendation​

All dependencies must be declared and must referenced with a dependency manager (npm, pip, maven). This allows to standardize projects construction and packaging.

Threat​

Authenticated attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time​

⌚ 120 minutes.

Score​

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the vulnerability.

Base​

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: H
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: N
  • Integrity: L
  • Availability: N

Temporal​

  • Exploit code madurity: U
  • Remediation level: X
  • Report confidence: X

Result​

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:X/RC:X
  • Score:
    • Base: 3.1
    • Temporal: 2.9
  • Severity:
    • Base: Low
    • Temporal: Low

Code Examples​

Compliant code​

All code dependencies are correctly referenced with a defined version

{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "nothing",
  "main": "index.js",
  "author": "Luis Saavedra",
  "license": "MIT",
  "private": false,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/core": "^13.3.3",
    "cloudron-sysadmin": "1.0.0",
  },
}

Non compliant code​

There are some undeclared dependencies in the code

var moduleName = require("<name of dependency>");
const createUser = (user) => {
    moduleName(user);
}

Requirements​

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