List exploit authors/researchers ranked by exploit count. Returns the top
AI agents call list_authors to retrieve information from Exploit Intel Platform MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and aggregates metadata about exploit researchers from a vulnerability database. It performs a read-only query that returns ranked information. There are no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no irreversible actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only retrieve publicly available researcher statistics, which poses no security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_authors' and description indicate it 'List[s] exploit authors/researchers ranked by exploit count' — a query/retrieval operation with no modification or execution.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List exploit authors/researchers ranked by exploit count. Returns the top. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Exploit Intel Platform MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Exploit Intel Platform MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_authors: 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 Exploit Intel Platform MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_authors 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 list_authors 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 list_authors. 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.
list_authors is provided by the Exploit Intel Platform MCP Server MCP server (oyaaiprod/eip-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
list_authors is one line of Exploit Intel Platform MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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