AI agents call check_instance_health to retrieve information from IDA Pro MCP Multi without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool appears to retrieve health or status metrics from an IDA Pro instance (consistent with sibling tools managing instances). This is a read operation with minimal blast radius—even if misused, it only exposes diagnostic data about system state. Confidence is moderate due to the empty description, but the name strongly indicates a passive, non-destructive query operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'check_instance_health' suggests a monitoring or diagnostic operation that retrieves status information. No description provided to confirm, but health-checking typically queries state without modifications.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access check_instance_health gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and IDA Pro MCP Multi, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for check_instance_health:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"check_instance_health": {}
}
}check_instance_health is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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check_instance_health. It is categorised as a Read tool in the IDA Pro MCP Multi MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the IDA Pro MCP Multi MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_instance_health: 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 IDA Pro MCP Multi. Nothing to install.
check_instance_health 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 check_instance_health 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 check_instance_health. 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.
check_instance_health is provided by the IDA Pro MCP Multi MCP server (qymag1c/ida-pro-mcp-multi). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from IDA Pro MCP Multi, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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