List wired ports on an AP with link state, speed, VLAN, and duplex.
AI agents call get_ap_ports to retrieve information from API-Central without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays network port information (link state, speed, VLAN, duplex settings) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure data retrieval operation with no side effects, fitting the Read category. Severity is low because access to port configuration details poses minimal risk even if exposed to an unauthorized agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ap_ports' and description 'List wired ports on an AP with link state, speed, VLAN, and duplex' indicate a read-only query that retrieves network configuration and status information without modifying or executing operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List wired ports on an AP with link state, speed, VLAN, and duplex. It is categorised as a Read tool in the API-Central MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the API-Central MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_ap_ports: 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 API-Central. Nothing to install.
get_ap_ports 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_ap_ports 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_ap_ports. 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_ap_ports is provided by the API-Central MCP server (secure-ssid/centralmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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