get_global_security_advisory
Get a global security advisory
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What get_global_security_advisory does on GitHub
AI agents call get_global_security_advisory to retrieve information from GitHub 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ghsaId | string | — | GitHub Security Advisory ID (format: GHSA-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why get_global_security_advisory is rated Low
This tool retrieves or queries security advisory information, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. The action is informational in nature and does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. Blast radius is minimal as it only returns data that is already public and authorized for viewing.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_global_security_advisory' and description 'Get a global security advisory' indicate a retrieval operation that queries existing security advisory data without modification or execution.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_global_security_advisory safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GitHub, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_global_security_advisory, this is the rule to start with:
get_global_security_advisory 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 GitHub, apply this rule, and every get_global_security_advisory call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_global_security_advisory
Get a global security advisory. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GitHub MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_global_security_advisory accepts 1 parameter: ghsaId. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GitHub MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_global_security_advisory: 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 GitHub. Nothing to install.
get_global_security_advisory 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 get_global_security_advisory 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 get_global_security_advisory. 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.
get_global_security_advisory is provided by the GitHub MCP server (oci:ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.3.0). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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