AI agents call find_nested_tier_zero_groups to retrieve information from BloodHound MCP 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 Active Directory data to identify nested Tier Zero groups—a Read operation with no side effects. However, severity is rated 'high' rather than 'low' because the data it exposes (Tier Zero group membership and nesting) is security-critical information that could enable privilege escalation attacks or lateral movement if misused by a compromised agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_nested_tier_zero_groups' indicates it searches or retrieves information about Active Directory group hierarchies related to Tier Zero (highest privilege) groups.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access find_nested_tier_zero_groups gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and BloodHound MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for find_nested_tier_zero_groups:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"find_nested_tier_zero_groups": {}
}
}find_nested_tier_zero_groups is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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find_nested_tier_zero_groups. It is categorised as a Read tool in the BloodHound MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the BloodHound MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_nested_tier_zero_groups: 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 BloodHound MCP. Nothing to install.
find_nested_tier_zero_groups 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 find_nested_tier_zero_groups 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 find_nested_tier_zero_groups. 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.
find_nested_tier_zero_groups is provided by the BloodHound MCP server (mordavid/bloodhound-mcp-ai). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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