Identifies dependencies at heightened risk of exploitation or takeover. Use when assessing supply chain attack surface, evaluating dependency health, or scoping security engagements.
The supply-chain-risk-auditor skill is designed to evaluate the dependencies of a software project to identify those that may be at heightened risk of exploitation or takeover. It helps security professionals and developers proactively assess the security posture of a project's supply chain without performing active vulnerability scanning. By systematically reviewing each dependency against defined risk factors, the skill generates a summary report highlighting potential threats, thereby supporting informed decision-making for audits, security assessments, or project scoping.
The skill's primary capabilities include assessing the maintenance status, popularity, and structural features of dependencies, as well as identifying high-risk components and gaps in security reporting. Dependencies are flagged based on criteria such as being unmaintained, having a single maintainer or small team, low community usage, implementing high-risk features, having a history of critical CVEs, or lacking security contact information. Users are guided to prepare a dedicated workspace and leverage Git repositories to perform a thorough, methodical review, ensuring a consistent and replicable audit process.
This skill is ideal for security analysts, DevSecOps engineers, or auditors who need to evaluate supply chain risks before undertaking a security audit or engagement. Typical use cases include pre-engagement scoping, analyzing a project's dependency ecosystem for vulnerabilities, and identifying dependencies that may require additional scrutiny or mitigation strategies. It is particularly valuable for projects relying on open-source packages where maintainer activity, community engagement, and historical issues provide key indicators of potential risk.
You can start the audit by instructing the skill with the phrase 'audit this project's dependencies', which triggers its evaluation workflow.
The skill requires the 'gh' tool for accessing GitHub repositories and can utilize Read, Write, Bash, Glob, and Grep functionalities for processing.
No, it does not perform active vulnerability scanning. You should use dedicated tools like npm audit or pip-audit for that purpose.
High-risk dependencies include those with a single maintainer, unmaintained projects, low popularity, high-risk features, a history of critical CVEs, or absence of a security contact.
No, it is not intended for license compliance auditing. Its focus is on security and risk assessment of project dependencies.
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