Find allshortestpaths with Shadow Credential permission to principal(s)
How to control find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission ↓
AI agents call find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission to retrieve information from BloodHound MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries Active Directory to identify attack paths involving Shadow Credential permissions. While the information retrieved could be sensitive and valuable to attackers (justifying high severity due to blast radius if misused), the tool itself performs only read operations on the directory structure. It does not modify credentials, execute commands, or alter the AD environment.
From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'find_allshortestpaths' and description states 'Find allshortestpaths with Shadow Credential permission' — this is a query/search operation that retrieves attack paths from Active Directory.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and BloodHound MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission": {}
}
}find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Find allshortestpaths with Shadow Credential permission to principal(s). It is categorised as a Read tool in the BloodHound MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the BloodHound MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission: 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 BloodHound MCP. Nothing to install.
find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission 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 find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission 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 find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission. 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.
find_allshortestpaths_with_shadow_credential_permission is provided by the BloodHound MCP server (stevenyu113228/bloodhound-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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