Search Metasploit modules for exploits, payloads, auxiliaries. WARNING: Only use on authorized systems.
AI agents call msfconsole_search to retrieve information from Kali Linux Security Tools MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs information retrieval (searching a module database) rather than executing exploits or modifying systems. While the Kali/Metasploit context implies a security testing environment, the search function itself is read-only.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'msfconsole_search' and description explicitly states 'Search Metasploit modules' — a query/retrieval operation with no stated execution or modification capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search Metasploit modules for exploits, payloads, auxiliaries. WARNING: Only use on authorized systems. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kali Linux Security Tools MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kali Linux Security Tools MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for msfconsole_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 Kali Linux Security Tools MCP Server. Nothing to install.
msfconsole_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 msfconsole_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 msfconsole_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.
msfconsole_search is provided by the Kali Linux Security Tools MCP Server MCP server (jesseeikeland/kali-linux-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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