High-risk tools in Rhino

High severity Rhino MCP Server 30 of 245 tools

30 of the 245 tools in Rhino are classified as high risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.

Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.

Tools at high risk

gh_new_canvas Execute

Create a fresh empty Grasshopper canvas.
gh_run Execute

Run the current solution.
gh_run_template Execute

Force a fresh solution and (optionally) bake the declared outputs.
rhino_annotation_scale_bar Execute

Draw a divided scale bar with a label.
rhino_attractor_displace_points Execute

rhino_attractor_displace_points
rhino_axis_ribs Execute

Generate two orthogonal sets of section ribs (waffle-style fabrication, bridge only).
rhino_batch_call Execute

rhino_batch_call
rhino_boolean_intersection Execute

Intersect ``a_ids`` with ``b_ids``. Bridge required.
rhino_boolean_union Execute

Boolean-union the given Brep groups. Bridge required.
rhino_bridge_select_instance Execute

rhino_bridge_select_instance
rhino_display_mode_set Execute

Switch the active viewport's display mode.
rhino_drawing_section_cut Execute

Cut a section through objects with a plane and place the trace on a sheet (bridge only).
rhino_execute_csharp Execute

rhino_execute_csharp
rhino_execute_python Execute

rhino_execute_python
rhino_mesh_boolean_union Execute

Boolean-union meshes.
rhino_network_surface Execute

Build a surface from a network of crossing curves.
rhino_object_select Execute

rhino_object_select
rhino_render_queue_submit Execute

rhino_render_queue_submit
rhino_render_to_file Execute

Execute the configured render and write the result to ``output_path``.
rhino_section Execute

Slice the listed objects with a plane (bridge required).
rhino_section_at_axis Execute

Slice a surface (or Brep / mesh in bridge) into ``count`` section curves.
rhino_shell Execute

Hollow a closed Brep, optionally leaving the listed faces open.
rhino_skin_from_sections Execute

rhino_skin_from_sections
rhino_taper Execute

Taper objects along an axis with start/end radii.
rhino_turntable_render Execute

Render a turntable sequence (camera orbits around ``target``) to ``output_dir``.
rhino_view_set Execute

Activate a saved named view.
rhino_zebra Execute

Run zebra-stripe surface continuity analysis (bridge required).
rhino_zoom_extent Execute

Zoom the active view to the extent of selected (or all) objects.
rhino_zoom_layer Execute

Zoom the active viewport to fit every object on ``layer``.
rhino_zoom_object Execute

Zoom the active viewport to fit the given object ids exactly.

Attacks that target this class

High-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.

Destructive Action Autonomy
Runaway Tool Loops
Prompt Injection via Tool Results

High-risk tools in Rhino

Tools at high risk

Attacks that target this class

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