High-risk tools in Mcp Terminal
5 of the 8 tools in Mcp 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-createExecuteCreates one or more terminal tabs/sessions. Use this instead of terminal-show when the terminal UI is already open. New sessions appear as tabs automatically. Defaults to one ba...
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terminal-customizeExecuteCustomize a terminal tab
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terminal-refreshExecuteTriggers a redraw of the running program by sending SIGWINCH (resize signal) to the PTY.
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terminal-resizeExecuteResizes the PTY to match the UI terminal dimensions.
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terminal-writeExecuteWrites input to a terminal session. To press Enter, include a real newline character in the data value (not a literal backslash-n). Real newlines are converted to \\r (carriage ...
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.