List all active SSH connections.
AI agents call ssh_list_connections to retrieve information from SSH Read-Only 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 and queries the state of active SSH connections without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is a passive information-gathering operation, making it a Read category risk. Severity is low because listing connections poses minimal risk—it discloses connection metadata but does not enable command execution or data modification.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ssh_list_connections' and description 'List all active SSH connections' indicate a retrieval/query operation with no side effects. The server is described as enforcing 'strict read-only' operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all active SSH connections. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SSH Read-Only MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SSH Read-Only MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ssh_list_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 SSH Read-Only MCP Server. Nothing to install.
ssh_list_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 ssh_list_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 ssh_list_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.
ssh_list_connections is provided by the SSH Read-Only MCP Server MCP server (kunwarmahen/ssh-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
ssh_list_connections is one line of SSH Read-Only MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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