Get detailed information about a Terraform Cloud workspace
AI agents call get_workspace_details to retrieve information from Terraform Cloud 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 workspace metadata and configuration from Terraform Cloud without causing side effects. However, it merits 'medium' severity rather than 'low' because Terraform Cloud workspaces often contain sensitive infrastructure state, credentials, variable values, and deployment details that could be exploited if an AI agent over-retrieves or shares this information inappropriately with untrusted users.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] detailed information about a Terraform Cloud workspace' with no modification or execution mentioned. Sibling tools ('get_run_details', 'get_run_status', 'list_workspaces') confirm this is a retrieval operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a Terraform Cloud workspace. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Terraform Cloud MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Terraform Cloud MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_workspace_details: 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 Terraform Cloud MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_workspace_details 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_workspace_details 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_workspace_details. 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_workspace_details is provided by the Terraform Cloud MCP Server MCP server (matchs/tf-cloud-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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