AI agents call list_reports to retrieve information from SAS MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation to enumerate or retrieve information about existing Visual Analytics reports. It retrieves data without side effects, reversible changes, code execution, deletion, or financial operations. The low severity reflects the minimal risk of misuse—listing reports reveals metadata but does not expose sensitive data contents, modify systems, or trigger external operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_reports' and description 'List Visual Analytics reports' indicate a retrieval/query operation with no data modification or execution of code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_reports gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SAS MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_reports:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_reports": {}
}
}list_reports is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List Visual Analytics reports. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SAS MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SAS MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_reports: 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 SAS MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_reports 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_reports 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_reports. 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_reports is provided by the SAS MCP Server MCP server (sassoftware/sas-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SAS 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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