Get the current RLS status including active role and available roles
AI agents call desktop_rls_status to retrieve information from Power BI MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves Row-Level Security (RLS) status information—specifically active and available roles—which is a data query operation with no side effects. It does not modify data, execute code, delete anything, or trigger external operations. This is clearly a Read category tool with low severity since misconfiguration exposure of RLS role names presents minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'desktop_rls_status' and description 'Get the current RLS status including active role and available roles' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves configuration state without modifying or executing anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the current RLS status including active role and available roles. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Power BI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Power BI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for desktop_rls_status: 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 Power BI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
desktop_rls_status 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 desktop_rls_status 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 desktop_rls_status. 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.
desktop_rls_status is provided by the Power BI MCP Server MCP server (sulaiman013/powerbi-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.