Maps active TCP/UDP endpoints directly to owning processes.
AI agents call get_network_connections to retrieve information from Systems Manager without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays network connection information without creating, modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a read-only diagnostic utility that introspects system state. The low severity reflects that while network visibility could inform reconnaissance, the tool itself performs no actions that could harm systems or data.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Maps active TCP/UDP endpoints directly to owning processes' — a pure data retrieval operation with no modification, execution, or side effects. It queries and returns network state information.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Maps active TCP/UDP endpoints directly to owning processes. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Systems Manager MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Systems Manager MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_network_connections: 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 Systems Manager. Nothing to install.
get_network_connections 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_network_connections 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_network_connections. 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_network_connections is provided by the Systems Manager MCP server (knuckles-team/systems-manager). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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