Search MSF modules by name, CVE, or keyword. Returns matching exploits, auxiliary, and post modules.
AI agents call metasploit_search to retrieve information from Hercules MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool only searches and returns information about Metasploit Framework modules; it does not execute, launch, or deploy any exploit or payload. However, the broader server context (penetration testing, Kali Linux) and the nature of the results (exploits, post-exploitation modules) elevate severity to medium, as the returned information directly enables offensive operations. The tool itself is a Read operation.
From the tool's definition 'Search MSF modules by name, CVE, or keyword. Returns matching exploits, auxiliary, and post modules.' — purely a search/query operation that returns information about modules without executing them.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search MSF modules by name, CVE, or keyword. Returns matching exploits, auxiliary, and post modules. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hercules MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Hercules MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for metasploit_search: 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_search is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the metasploit_search 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_search. 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_search 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.
metasploit_search is one line of Hercules's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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