Skills dependency-management-deps-audit

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dependency-management-deps-audit

Name: dependency-management-deps-audit
Author: sickn33

Content revision r2 Medium Risk ⚙️ External commands🌐 Network access📁 Filesystem access

Audit Project Dependencies and Plan Secure Updates

Dependency risks are difficult to prioritize across vulnerabilities, licenses, maintenance, and supply chain signals. This skill organizes evidence and produces practical remediation and monitoring plans.

Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)

⚠️ 50 Poor

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Review the Skillstore skill "dependency-management-deps-audit" from https://skillstore.io/skills/sickn33-dependency-management-deps-audit.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/sickn33-dependency-management-deps-audit/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.

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Using "dependency-management-deps-audit". Review this Node.js lockfile and summarize dependency risk.

Expected outcome:

Risk summary: Two high-priority vulnerabilities affect runtime packages.
Priority action: Update the exposed authentication package after integration tests.
Follow-up: Review four transitive packages with unknown maintenance status.

Using "dependency-management-deps-audit". Check whether dependency licenses fit an Apache-2.0 project.

Expected outcome:

License review: Most dependencies use permissive licenses.
Review required: One package has an unknown license and two have additional obligations.
Next step: Confirm usage and distribution details with qualified legal counsel.

Using "dependency-management-deps-audit". Turn these scanner findings into a staged upgrade plan.

Expected outcome:

Stage one: Apply compatible security patches and run focused regression tests.
Stage two: Upgrade major versions separately with migration checks.
Stage three: Enable scheduled audits and assign ownership for remaining exceptions.

Security Audit

Medium Risk

v5 • 7/23/2026 Open versioned report

Static detections mostly reflect benign Markdown, JavaScript templates, fixed shell expressions, and expected registry access in documentation. One low-severity network finding remains because Bundlephobia receives package names and versions. Semantic review found unsafe force-upgrade rollback guidance and unpinned CI tooling, with no malicious intent or prompt injection.

Files scanned

820

Lines analyzed

Review items

False positives ignored

Confirmed security concerns (2)

Medium

resources/implementation-playbook.md:595-608

Unsafe Force Upgrade and Incomplete Rollback

The remediation script runs `npm audit fix --force`, which may install breaking updates and execute dependency lifecycle scripts. Its failure path reverts only `package-lock.json`.

The cited script directly enables forced upgrades, then restores only one file after failed tests. This leaves other modified state outside the rollback.

Medium

resources/implementation-playbook.md:714 resources/implementation-playbook.md:728-734 resources/implementation-playbook.md:738

Unpinned Executable CI Dependencies

The CI example uses mutable action tags and installs `safety` and `license-checker` without versions. Upstream compromise or drift could execute unexpected code in CI.

The workflow directly references major action tags and unversioned package installations. Each dependency can execute within the CI environment.

Capability review items (1)

These are real local capabilities that may be expected for this skill, so they require review but are not counted as confirmed malicious behavior.

Low

resources/implementation-playbook.md:467

Fetch API call

const response = await fetch(

The sample sends every package name and version to Bundlephobia. Private dependency metadata could leave the environment without explicit consent.

Risk Factors

⚙️ External commands (9)

resources/implementation-playbook.md:468-491 resources/implementation-playbook.md:491-496 resources/implementation-playbook.md:496-508 resources/implementation-playbook.md:748-753 resources/implementation-playbook.md:720 resources/implementation-playbook.md:721 resources/implementation-playbook.md:584 SKILL.md:38 SKILL.md:47

🌐 Network access (9)

resources/implementation-playbook.md:467 resources/implementation-playbook.md:562 resources/implementation-playbook.md:184 resources/implementation-playbook.md:144 resources/implementation-playbook.md:145 resources/implementation-playbook.md:146 resources/implementation-playbook.md:147 resources/implementation-playbook.md:185 resources/implementation-playbook.md:468

📁 Filesystem access (1)

resources/implementation-playbook.md:234

Audited by: codex View Audit History →

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APA citation

sickn33. (2026). dependency-management-deps-audit security audit report (audit version 5) [Author version unspecified]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/sickn33-dependency-management-deps-audit/audits/5

BibTeX citation

@techreport{sickn33-sickn33-dependency-management-deps-audit-2026,
  author = {sickn33},
  title = {dependency-management-deps-audit security audit report (audit version 5)},
  institution = {Skillstore},
  year = {2026},
  number = {5},
  url = {https://skillstore.io/skills/sickn33-dependency-management-deps-audit/audits/5},
  note = {Author version unspecified}
}

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Skillstore Score

Why this score Evidence Confidence: High

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What You Can Build

Secure a Release

Assess release dependencies, prioritize exploitable vulnerabilities, and define tested upgrade gates before deployment.

Plan a Maintenance Backlog

Rank outdated direct and transitive packages by security value, compatibility risk, age, and update effort.

Review License Exposure

Identify restrictive, incompatible, or unknown dependency licenses and prepare evidence for qualified legal review.

Try These Prompts

Inventory Dependencies

Review this repository's dependency manifests. List direct and transitive dependencies by ecosystem, and identify missing lockfiles or unsupported formats.

Prioritize Vulnerabilities

Audit the identified dependencies for known vulnerabilities. Rank findings by severity and exposure, then recommend the smallest safe upgrade for each issue.

Review Licenses and Supply Chain

Assess dependency licenses and supply chain signals for this project. Flag incompatible, unknown, suspicious, or abandoned packages with evidence and replacement options.

Design a Staged Remediation Plan

Create a staged remediation plan for these audit findings. Include compatibility risks, test gates, rollback steps, pull request groups, and continuous monitoring.

Best Practices

Provide lockfiles, the project license, runtime exposure, and current scanner output before requesting analysis.
Confirm advisory data with authoritative scanners and package registries before approving remediation.
Apply upgrades in small reviewed groups with isolated branches, test gates, and complete rollback plans.

Avoid

Do not run forced upgrades across the repository without approval, compatibility review, and a clean rollback point.
Do not treat package age or name similarity as proof of vulnerability or malicious behavior.
Do not publish private package names, versions, or vulnerability details to external services without consent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which dependency ecosystems are covered?

The playbook covers npm, Yarn, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, PHP, and .NET manifests. Some parsers require further implementation.

Does the skill include a vulnerability scanner?

No. It guides authorized audit tools and provides sample integrations, but it does not ship a complete scanner or advisory database.

Does dependency analysis require network access?

Current vulnerability, version, and size checks may query external services. Review privacy requirements before sending private package names or versions.

Can it analyze transitive dependencies?

Yes, when complete lockfile or dependency-tree data is available. Manifest-only input may omit exact transitive versions.

Will it automatically apply dependency upgrades?

It can propose commands and staged updates. Execute changes only with approval, isolated version control, tests, and a complete rollback plan.

Are license conclusions legal advice?

No. The license checks are preliminary technical guidance and should be reviewed by qualified legal counsel.