AI agents call get_tenancy to retrieve information from Oci without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves read-only information about a tenancy's configuration and metadata. It performs no writes, deletions, or external operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker gains only organizational metadata already available to authenticated OCI users.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_tenancy' and description 'Get details about the OCI tenancy' indicate a retrieval operation. The described outputs (name, OCID, home region, description) are metadata queries with no data modification, deletion, or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get details about the OCI tenancy: name, OCID, home region, and description. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Oci MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Oci MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_tenancy: 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 Oci. Nothing to install.
get_tenancy 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_tenancy 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_tenancy. 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_tenancy is provided by the Oci MCP server (sauryadas/oci-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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