get_listener_tcp

What get_listener_tcp does on Cobalt Strike MCP Server

AI agents call get_listener_tcp to retrieve information from Cobalt Strike MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_listener_tcp is rated Low

This tool retrieves listener details (a read operation) with no side effects. However, severity is elevated to 'high' due to the context of a Cobalt Strike red team operation server where listener details—such as ports, callback addresses, encryption keys, or authentication tokens—represent sensitive reconnaissance data that could enable or escalate attacks if disclosed to an unauthorized AI agent.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_listener_tcp' with description 'Get TCP listener details' indicates a read-only query operation that retrieves configuration or status information about TCP listeners without modifying or executing anything.

The rule that runs get_listener_tcp safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cobalt Strike MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_listener_tcp, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_listener_tcp": {}
  }
}

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