High-risk tools in Terminal
8 of the 15 tools in Terminal 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
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terminal_diffExecuteRun two commands and return a unified diff.
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terminal_execExecuteExecute a command in a terminal session and wait for it to finish.
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terminal_retryExecuteRetry a command with backoff.
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terminal_runExecuteRun a binary directly; avoid shell quoting.
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terminal_run_pagedExecuteRun a read-only command and return one page of output.
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terminal_startExecuteStart a new interactive terminal session.
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terminal_stopExecuteStop and clean up a terminal session.
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terminal_waitExecuteWait for a pattern to appear in terminal output.
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.