get_vulnerability
Get details of a specific vulnerability entry including CVSS score and affected CIs
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What get_vulnerability does on ServiceNow MCP Server
AI agents call get_vulnerability to retrieve information from ServiceNow MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_vulnerability is rated Low
This tool queries and returns information about existing vulnerabilities without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only retrieval operation with no side effects. Severity is low as unauthorized access to vulnerability information, while potentially informative to an attacker, does not directly compromise systems or data.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves vulnerability details including CVSS score and affected CIs. The verb 'Get' and phrase 'Get details of a specific vulnerability entry' indicate data retrieval without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_vulnerability safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and ServiceNow MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_vulnerability, this is the rule to start with:
get_vulnerability is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect ServiceNow MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get_vulnerability call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_vulnerability
Get details of a specific vulnerability entry including CVSS score and affected CIs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ServiceNow MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ServiceNow MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_vulnerability: 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 ServiceNow MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_vulnerability 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_vulnerability 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_vulnerability. 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_vulnerability is provided by the ServiceNow MCP Server MCP server (@aartiq/servicenow-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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