openai-whisper
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 17, 2026
Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill facilitates the execution of the
whispercommand-line interface for transcribing and translating audio files locally on the user's system.- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill automates the installation of theopenai-whispertool using the Homebrew package manager. Additionally, the CLI tool is designed to download necessary transcription models from OpenAI's servers to the~/.cache/whisperdirectory upon its first execution.- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes external audio data which, when transcribed into text, is introduced into the agent's context. This creates a potential vulnerability where malicious instructions embedded in audio could influence the agent's behavior. - Ingestion points: Audio files provided by the user (e.g.,
.mp3,.m4a) are read and transcribed via thewhisperCLI. - Boundary markers: There are no explicit delimiters or instructions provided to the agent to disregard commands found within the transcribed text.
- Capability inventory: The skill has the capability to execute shell commands (
whisper). - Sanitization: No filtering or validation is performed on the output of the transcription before it is returned to the agent.
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