Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-F9E2C34B

7/23/2026, 11:08:44 PM

azure-speech-to-text-rest-py security assessment v5

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Scanner version 3.0.0 Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
azure-speech-to-text-rest-py
Version
v5
Maintainer
sickn33
Coverage
1 Files scanned · 381 Lines analyzed
Policy version
skillstore-security-audit-policy-v1

Highest confirmed finding severity

High

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

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Most static findings are Markdown syntax, official Azure URLs, or expected environment-based credential handling. The skill performs real external audio transmission, and unchecked region values can redirect credential-bearing requests to an unintended host.

Report position

Latest published report

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Audit attestation

Active attestation

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Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

1 Files scanned · 381 Lines analyzed

5 items shown for review

Limitations

This report does not claim runtime or sandbox execution and does not prove the absence of side effects.

Evidence chain

Follow the evidence from source binding to the install contract. Available evidence supports verification; it is not a safety guarantee.

  1. Source

    Commit and path bound

  2. Artifact

    Content and tree hashes bound

  3. Audit

    Complete

  4. Install contract

    Open manifest to verify

    Open manifest

Capabilities observed

Observed means this report recorded supporting evidence. Not recorded does not prove that a capability is absent.

Contains scripts

May execute code included with the Skill.

Not recorded by this audit

Network access

May connect to external services.

Observed in 15 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Not recorded by this audit

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Observed in 16 evidence locations

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 45 evidence locations

Capability review items (4)
Low
Python HTTP libraries
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, params=params, data=audio_file)
The request sends local audio and an Azure subscription key to an external Speech endpoint; this is intended but remains a real data transfer.
Low
Python HTTP libraries
response = requests.post(
The request streams local audio with an Azure subscription key to an external Speech endpoint; this is intended but remains a real data transfer.
Low
Python HTTP libraries
response = requests.post(
The request transmits the Azure subscription key to an external token endpoint to obtain a bearer token.
Low
Python HTTP libraries
response = requests.post(
The request sends local audio and an Azure subscription key to an external Speech endpoint; this is intended but remains a real data transfer.

Risk findings

Confirmed security concerns are separated from items that still need review.

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 High
Unvalidated Region Can Redirect Credential-Bearing Requests
The examples interpolate AZURE_SPEECH_REGION into request hostnames without validation. A crafted value containing URL delimiters can redirect audio or subscription keys to an unintended HTTPS host.
The region value is read from the environment and inserted before an Azure domain suffix without allowlist validation, while sensitive headers are attached to the resulting URL.

Remediation

Suggested fixes recorded by this audit. Applying them is the maintainer’s responsibility.

  1. FIX-001
    High
    Region values are inserted into credential-bearing request URLs without validation.
    Accept only documented Azure region identifiers and verify the final hostname before attaching subscription keys or bearer tokens.
  2. FIX-002
    Low
    Audio content is transmitted to Azure Speech endpoints.
    Obtain user authorization and disclose applicable Azure data handling requirements before uploading sensitive recordings.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    Example HTTP requests omit explicit connection and read timeouts.
    Set bounded timeouts and handle timeout exceptions in synchronous, chunked, token, and asynchronous examples.

Expert evidence

Immutable subject identity, scanner metadata, dismissed matches, and source-level evidence.

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
f9e2c34b4f19c7f3e6b0a1e93227b5f77cc12526
Content hash
d2768add2c624ba8162064a3bbb6f740139fdcec224a9fb75618a7fc9ff51b0a
Tree hash
9294d512ac869c1a206998b49fb9c8f9c9638062a33918f2330e5e9ab2360ca0
Skill path
skills/sickn33/azure-speech-to-text-rest-py
Audit payload hash
505d4871377771aac6f247e22881fb3e

Analysis metadata

Audit model: codex

Analysis state: Complete

Scope is limited to the recorded files, lines, methods, and evidence. No runtime or sandbox execution is claimed.

Verify and export

The manifest and lockfile bind install artifacts to cryptographic hashes. This integrity claim is separate from the security assessment.

Audit attestation: active