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Transcribe audio files via OpenRouter using audio-capable models

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill does what it says: it transcribes a user-chosen audio file by sending it to OpenRouter with the user's API key.

Install only if you are comfortable sending chosen audio files, prompts, and request metadata to OpenRouter and the selected model provider. Use an API key intended for this purpose, monitor usage or billing, and avoid sensitive recordings unless third-party processing is approved by your policy.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (3)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The skill sends user-provided audio to OpenRouter, a third-party service, but the description does not prominently warn about this privacy boundary. Users may unknowingly transmit sensitive spoken content, personal data, or confidential recordings off-device, creating consent, privacy, and compliance risk.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The script sends the full audio content to OpenRouter for transcription but provides no user-facing disclosure, confirmation, or consent mechanism at the point of transmission. This is risky because audio may contain sensitive personal, business, or regulated data, and users may not realize their local file is being uploaded to a third-party service.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
}' > "$payload_file"

# Make API request
response=$(curl -sS "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Title: $title" \
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
curl -sS "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-Title: $title" \ -H "HTTP-Referer: $refe

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.