Get antivirus engine settings (scan cache, exclusions).
AI agents call antivirus_settings_get to retrieve information from FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves configuration data about antivirus settings without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The 'get' verb and absence of any action language confirm it is a simple Read operation. Blast radius is minimal as it only exposes existing security settings that are typically accessible to authenticated administrators on a firewall.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'antivirus_settings_get' and description 'Get antivirus engine settings (scan cache, exclusions)' indicate a read-only retrieval operation with no modification or execution of any kind.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access antivirus_settings_get gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for antivirus_settings_get:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"antivirus_settings_get": {}
}
}antivirus_settings_get is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get antivirus engine settings (scan cache, exclusions). It is categorised as a Read tool in the FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for antivirus_settings_get: 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 FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server. Nothing to install.
antivirus_settings_get 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 antivirus_settings_get 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 antivirus_settings_get. 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.
antivirus_settings_get is provided by the FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server MCP server (paoloamato2/fortinet-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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