List all users (requires admin privileges)
AI agents call admin_list_users to retrieve information from Forgejo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves/lists user information with no side effects on data. However, the 'medium' severity is assigned because exposing a complete user list from an admin endpoint could enable reconnaissance attacks (user enumeration, social engineering) if misused by a compromised agent, despite being technically a read-only operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'admin_list_users' and description 'List all users (requires admin privileges)' indicate a retrieval operation that queries user data without modifying it.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets · Admin/system-level operation
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access admin_list_users gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Forgejo, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for admin_list_users:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"admin_list_users": {}
}
}admin_list_users is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all users (requires admin privileges). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Forgejo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Forgejo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for admin_list_users: 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 Forgejo. Nothing to install.
admin_list_users 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 admin_list_users 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 admin_list_users. 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.
admin_list_users is provided by the Forgejo MCP server (sqcows/forgejo-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Forgejo, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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