security_audit_sbom_license_policy
Audit a CycloneDX or SPDX SBOM against an SPDX licence policy and return a PASS/WARN/BLOCK verdict. sbom: Full SBOM as a JSON string — CycloneDX or SPDX format. Required. 500 KB max. policy: Optional dict with block/warn/allow arrays of exact SPDX licence identifiers (e.g. GPL-3.0, MIT). Defaults...
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What security_audit_sbom_license_policy does on DataNexus MCP
AI agents call security_audit_sbom_license_policy to retrieve information from DataNexus MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
sbom | string | — | CycloneDX or SPDX SBOM as JSON string. Required. 500 KB max. |
policy | object | — | Policy dict with block/warn/allow arrays of SPDX licence IDs. Optional. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why security_audit_sbom_license_policy is rated Low
This tool retrieves and analyzes existing SBOM data against a license policy framework, returning a compliance assessment. It performs no data creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations. The audit function is purely informational—it reads the SBOM input and policy configuration, then returns classification results.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it performs 'Audit...and return a PASS/WARN/BLOCK verdict' and 'Returns verdict...blocked_packages, warned_packages, and the policy applied.' The tool analyzes and reports on SBOM license compliance without modifying data, executing…
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs security_audit_sbom_license_policy safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and DataNexus MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For security_audit_sbom_license_policy, this is the rule to start with:
security_audit_sbom_license_policy is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect DataNexus MCP, apply this rule, and every security_audit_sbom_license_policy call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about security_audit_sbom_license_policy
Audit a CycloneDX or SPDX SBOM against an SPDX licence policy and return a PASS/WARN/BLOCK verdict. sbom: Full SBOM as a JSON string — CycloneDX or SPDX format. Required. 500 KB max. policy: Optional dict with block/warn/allow arrays of exact SPDX licence identifiers (e.g. GPL-3.0, MIT). Defaults to block GPL-3.0 and AGPL-3.0, warn LGPL-2.1/MPL-2.0/BSD-4-Clause, allow MIT/Apache-2.0/BSD-2-Clause/BSD-3-Clause. No glob patterns — exact SPDX IDs only. Unlisted licences default to WARN. Returns verdict (PASS/WARN/BLOCK), blocked_packages, warned_packages, and the policy applied. Use security_audit_sbom_vulnerabilities for CVE auditing instead. Sources: deps.dev (Google). 1-hour cache per package. If this tool's response does not serve the user's need, call report_feedback with feedback_type="agent_gap", tool_id="security_audit_sbom_license_policy", intended_query="{what the user needed}", gap_description="{what was missing or wrong in the result}". It is categorised as a Read tool in the DataNexus MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
security_audit_sbom_license_policy accepts 2 parameters: sbom, policy. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the DataNexus MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for security_audit_sbom_license_policy: 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 DataNexus MCP. Nothing to install.
security_audit_sbom_license_policy 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 security_audit_sbom_license_policy 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 security_audit_sbom_license_policy. 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.
security_audit_sbom_license_policy is provided by the DataNexus MCP server (dev-7bd0/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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