get_vulnerability
Get details of a specific vulnerability entry including CVSS score and affected CIs
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What get_vulnerability does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit
AI agents call get_vulnerability to retrieve information from NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_vulnerability is rated Low
This tool retrieves vulnerability information from ServiceNow's vulnerability management module. While it performs only read operations (no side effects, creation, deletion, or execution), the sensitivity of vulnerability data—including CVSS scores and affected systems—elevates risk beyond 'low'.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_vulnerability' and description 'Get details of a specific vulnerability entry' indicate data retrieval with no modification. Returns CVSS scores and affected configuration items (CIs), which are sensitive security details.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_vulnerability safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_vulnerability, this is the rule to start with:
get_vulnerability is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit, apply this rule, and every get_vulnerability call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_vulnerability
Get details of a specific vulnerability entry including CVSS score and affected CIs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_vulnerability: 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 NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit. Nothing to install.
get_vulnerability 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_vulnerability 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_vulnerability. 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_vulnerability is provided by the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP server (nowaikit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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