Retrieve details for a Vault key, secret, token, or folder.
AI agents call get_vault_item to retrieve information from Pangea 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 secrets and credentials from a vault without altering or destroying them. While the blast radius is elevated (exposure of secrets like keys and tokens could enable unauthorized access), the tool itself performs a read-only operation. Severity is medium rather than low because vault contents are sensitive security credentials, but this is purely information retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Retrieve details for a Vault key, secret, token, or folder' — retrieval is the primary operation with no modification or deletion.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve details for a Vault key, secret, token, or folder. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pangea MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pangea MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_vault_item: 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 Pangea MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_vault_item 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_vault_item 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_vault_item. 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_vault_item is provided by the Pangea MCP Server MCP server (pangeacyber/pangea-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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