Dependencies may be an attack vector
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Description
When we install electrum using pip on linux it downloads various dependencies from pypy. These are maintained by third party developers and should any one of them go rogue they could steal from us. This has recently happened to copay wallet users. Electrum does not list a specific version for most of its dependencies. Either no version number is specified or >= is used. So this sort of attack could work on Electrum too.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by locating the dependency declarations used by the Linux pip installation and review how unpinned and >= constraints are specified. Done means the dependency versions are constrained against the described upgrade risk, with installation and compatibility checks confirming the wallet still installs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100