pfsense_get_firewall_virtual_ip

What pfsense_get_firewall_virtual_ip does on Pfsense

AI agents call pfsense_get_firewall_virtual_ip to retrieve information from Pfsense without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why pfsense_get_firewall_virtual_ip is rated Low

This tool retrieves virtual IP information from a pfSense firewall without modifying any state. However, the medium severity reflects that virtual IP configurations could reveal sensitive network architecture details useful for reconnaissance attacks, even though the tool itself performs no destructive or side-effect-causing operations.

From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description shows 'GET /api/v2/firewall/virtual_ip' — a read-only HTTP GET operation that retrieves firewall virtual IP configuration data.

The rule that runs pfsense_get_firewall_virtual_ip safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Pfsense, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For pfsense_get_firewall_virtual_ip, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "pfsense_get_firewall_virtual_ip": {}
  }
}

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