Get users
AI agents call get_users to retrieve information from Datadog MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves user data from Datadog without creating, modifying, or deleting any resources. It has no side effects and poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent, as it only exposes existing user information. The severity is low because unauthorized user enumeration, while a potential information disclosure concern, is less critical than write or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_users' and description states 'Get users', which retrieves user information without modification. The verb 'get' indicates a read-only operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get users. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Datadog MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Datadog MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_users: 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 Datadog MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_users 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_users 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_users. 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_users is provided by the Datadog MCP Server MCP server (ppandrangi/datadog-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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