get_policy
AI agents call get_policy to retrieve information from OCI MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves OCI policy information—a read-only operation with no side effects. However, severity is elevated to 'medium' rather than 'low' because OCI policies contain sensitive security and access control information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_policy' with 'get_' prefix indicates data retrieval. OCI policies are configuration/security rules that define access permissions and resource authorizations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_policy. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OCI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OCI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_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 OCI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_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 get_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 get_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.
get_policy is provided by the OCI MCP Server MCP server (jopsis/mcp-server-oci). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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