metasploit_manage
Manage Metasploit sessions and jobs.
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What metasploit_manage does on Hercules MCP
AI agents invoke metasploit_manage to trigger actions in Hercules MCP. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why metasploit_manage is rated High
Metasploit session management involves controlling active exploit sessions (e.g., Meterpreter shells) on compromised systems. This constitutes executing and managing offensive security operations against target systems.
From the tool's definition 'Manage Metasploit sessions and jobs' — Metasploit is an offensive penetration testing framework used to exploit vulnerabilities, manage remote shells, and control compromised systems.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs metasploit_manage safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Hercules MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For metasploit_manage, this is the rule to start with:
metasploit_manage stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Hercules MCP, apply this rule, and every metasploit_manage call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about metasploit_manage
Manage Metasploit sessions and jobs. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Hercules MCP MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Hercules MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for metasploit_manage: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Hercules MCP. Nothing to install.
metasploit_manage is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the metasploit_manage rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for metasploit_manage. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
metasploit_manage is provided by the Hercules MCP server (0xmihirk/hercules-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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