Get column-level privileges on a specific table.
AI agents call PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges to retrieve information from Postgres without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries privilege information from PostgreSQL system catalogs without modifying any data or performing side effects. It is a read operation that retrieves security metadata, which has minimal blast radius if misused—an AI agent could over-query or enumerate privileges but cannot alter permissions, delete data, or execute code. Classification as Read is appropriate.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_column_privileges' and description states it retrieves column-level privileges on a table. The verb 'get' and use case indicate read-only retrieval of privilege metadata with no modifications.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Postgres, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges": {}
}
}PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get column-level privileges on a specific table. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Postgres MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Postgres MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges: 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 Postgres. Nothing to install.
PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges 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 PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges 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 PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges. 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.
PostgreSQL_get_column_privileges is provided by the Postgres MCP server (mukul975/postgres-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Postgres, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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