Security Audit

openai-whisper-api

github.com/openclaw/skills

AI SkillCommit 13146e6a3d46

CAUTION

Scanned 3 months ago

Critical

Immediate action required

High

Priority fixes suggested

Medium

Best practices review

Low

Acknowledged / Tracked

Trust Assessment

openai-whisper-api received a trust score of 50/100, placing it in the Caution category. This skill has some security considerations that users should review before deployment.

SkillShield's automated analysis identified 3 findings: 1 critical, 1 high, 1 medium, and 0 low severity. Key findings include Sensitive path access: AI agent config, Sensitive environment variable access: $OPENAI_API_KEY, Shell command injection via output file path.

The analysis covered 4 layers: Manifest Analysis, Static Code Analysis, Dependency Graph, LLM Behavioral Safety. All layers scored 70 or above, reflecting consistent security practices.

Last analyzed on February 14, 2026 (commit 13146e6a). SkillShield performs automated 4-layer security analysis on AI skills and MCP servers.

Layer Breakdown

Manifest Analysis

100%

Static Code Analysis

78%

Dependency Graph

100%

LLM Behavioral Safety

70%

Behavioral Risk Signals

Filesystem Write

2 findings

Shell Execution

3 findings

Dynamic Code

1 finding

Excessive Permissions

2 findings

Security Findings3

Severity	Finding	Layer	Location
CRITICAL	Shell command injection via output file path The script uses a user-provided or derived output file path (`$out`) directly in a shell redirection (`>"$out"`). If `$out` contains shell metacharacters (e.g., `;`, `\|`, `&`, `$(...)`), an attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands that will be executed by the shell. For example, providing `--out "/tmp/output.txt; rm -rf /"` would attempt to create `/tmp/output.txt` and then execute `rm -rf /`. Sanitize or validate the `$out` variable to ensure it only contains a valid file path and does not contain shell metacharacters. A safer approach for writing to a user-controlled file path is to use `cat > "$out"` or to ensure the path is strictly validated before use. For example, restrict characters allowed in the path or use a utility that handles paths safely without shell interpretation.	LLM	scripts/transcribe.sh:77
HIGH	Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.clawdbot/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared.	Static	skills/steipete/openai-whisper-api/SKILL.md:27
MEDIUM	Sensitive environment variable access: $OPENAI_API_KEY Access to sensitive environment variable '$OPENAI_API_KEY' detected in shell context. Verify this environment variable access is necessary and the value is not exfiltrated.	Static	skills/steipete/openai-whisper-api/scripts/transcribe.sh:59

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