Escanea vulnerabilidades en las dependencias del package.json usando npm audit. Retorna un listado de vulnerabilidades ordenadas por severidad con soluciones recomendadas.
AI agents call scan_dependencies to retrieve information from MCP Security Scanner without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the state of project dependencies and returns vulnerability findings. npm audit is a non-destructive, informational scanning operation. While the scan may reveal security issues, the tool itself performs no write, execute, or destructive actions. The severity is low because the tool's output is advisory only and causes no side effects on the scanned system.
From the tool's definition Tool description: 'Escanea vulnerabilidades en las dependencias...Retorna un listado de vulnerabilidades' — the tool scans and returns a report. It uses 'npm audit', a read-only analysis command that inspects dependencies without modifying them.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Escanea vulnerabilidades en las dependencias del package.json usando npm audit. Retorna un listado de vulnerabilidades ordenadas por severidad con soluciones recomendadas. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Security Scanner MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Security Scanner MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for scan_dependencies: 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 MCP Security Scanner. Nothing to install.
scan_dependencies 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 scan_dependencies 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 scan_dependencies. 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.
scan_dependencies is provided by the MCP Security Scanner MCP server (jmitac/mcp-security-scanner). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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