List storage controllers for a virtual machine.
AI agents call ListStorageControllers to retrieve information from Virtualization without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries configuration information about storage controllers attached to a VM. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, capability to execute code, delete data, or commit financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only learn what storage controllers exist on a VM.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'ListStorageControllers' and description states it 'List storage controllers for a virtual machine' — a query operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ListStorageControllers gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Virtualization, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for ListStorageControllers:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ListStorageControllers": {}
}
}ListStorageControllers is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List storage controllers for a virtual machine. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Virtualization MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Virtualization MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ListStorageControllers: 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 Virtualization. Nothing to install.
ListStorageControllers 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 ListStorageControllers 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 ListStorageControllers. 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.
ListStorageControllers is provided by the Virtualization MCP server (sandraschi/virtualization-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Virtualization, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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