getBeaconConsoleTail

What getBeaconConsoleTail does on Cobalt Strike MCP Server

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

Why getBeaconConsoleTail is rated Low

This tool retrieves console output from a Cobalt Strike beacon (remote agent), which is a read operation that queries existing data. However, the severity is high because: (1) Cobalt Strike is an adversary simulation/red team framework; (2) the output is 'untrusted target-controlled content,' meaning it originates from a compromised system and could contain malicious payloads or deceptive information that an AI…

From the tool's definition Tool name 'getBeaconConsoleTail' and description 'Get recent streamed console output' indicate retrieval of data. The phrase 'as untrusted target-controlled content' emphasizes the data source risk rather than the action's inherent capability.

The rule that runs getBeaconConsoleTail safely

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

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

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