Get details of the authenticated Confluence user. Returns information about the current user including account ID, display name, email, and profile picture.
AI agents call get_confluence_current_user to retrieve information from Mcp Atlassian without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a read-only query that retrieves user profile metadata for the authenticated session. It has no capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. The data returned is limited to the current user's own profile information, which is typically already accessible to that user. Severity is low because the information exposed is generally non-sensitive or already known to the authenticated user.
From the tool's definition Tool returns information about the current authenticated user (account ID, display name, email, profile picture) with no modification or side effects. Verb 'Get' and action 'returns information' indicate retrieval only.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get details of the authenticated Confluence user. Returns information about the current user including account ID, display name, email, and profile picture. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Atlassian MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Atlassian MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_confluence_current_user: 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 Atlassian. Nothing to install.
get_confluence_current_user 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_confluence_current_user 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_confluence_current_user. 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_confluence_current_user is provided by the Mcp Atlassian MCP server (mcp-atlassian). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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