jaeles_vulnerability_scan

What jaeles_vulnerability_scan does on Nyxstrike

AI agents invoke jaeles_vulnerability_scan to trigger actions in Nyxstrike. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

Why jaeles_vulnerability_scan is rated High

Jaeles is a well-known active vulnerability scanner that sends crafted HTTP requests to target systems to detect vulnerabilities. Despite the empty description, the tool name and server context strongly imply it executes active scanning operations against external targets. This constitutes an Execute-level action with high severity due to potential unauthorized probing of systems.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'jaeles_vulnerability_scan' on a penetration testing platform server (Nyxstrike) described as 'AI Powered penetration testing Platform for offensive security research'; sibling tools include payload generation, attack suites, and reconnaissance…

The rule that runs jaeles_vulnerability_scan safely

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

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "jaeles_vulnerability_scan": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "jaeles_vulnerability_scan_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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