AI agents call scan_pseudocode to retrieve information from Binary MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool appears to perform static analysis on pseudocode (likely decompiled binary output from Ghidra or similar). Scanning pseudocode is a retrieval/inspection operation with no side effects on the target system or the binaries being analyzed. While the description is empty, the name and context strongly suggest a read-only analytical operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'scan_pseudocode' implies analysis of decompiled binary code; the server's purpose is to 'analyze binaries, debug processes, and inspect kernel state' using static analysis tools like Ghidra.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access scan_pseudocode gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Binary MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for scan_pseudocode:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"scan_pseudocode": {}
}
}scan_pseudocode is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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scan_pseudocode. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Binary MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Binary MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for scan_pseudocode: 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 Binary MCP Server. Nothing to install.
scan_pseudocode 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 scan_pseudocode 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 scan_pseudocode. 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.
scan_pseudocode is provided by the Binary MCP Server MCP server (sarks0/binary-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Binary 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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