High-risk tools in TermSSH MCP
3 of the 7 tools in TermSSH MCP 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-resizeExecuteResize an existing interactive terminal session.
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terminal-startExecuteStart an interactive terminal session on the remote SSH server. Reuses a managed session by default unless multiSession is true.
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terminal-writeExecuteWrite input into an existing interactive terminal session. Use this for ordinary commands and sudo-interactive flows instead of exec tools.
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.