AI agents call list_security_groups to retrieve information from CloudStack 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 displays security group information. It is a read-only operation that queries existing infrastructure state without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any changes. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only enumerate security groups it has access to view, which poses no direct harm to the infrastructure. This is a standard information retrieval operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_security_groups' and description 'List security groups' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects. The action is to enumerate existing security groups without modifying, deleting, or executing anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_security_groups gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and CloudStack MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_security_groups:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_security_groups": {}
}
}list_security_groups is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List security groups. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CloudStack MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CloudStack MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_security_groups: 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 CloudStack MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_security_groups 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_security_groups 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_security_groups. 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_security_groups is provided by the CloudStack MCP Server MCP server (phantosmax/cloudstack-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from CloudStack 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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