AI agents call glob to retrieve information from Copilot Studio Code without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists files matching a pattern without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It is purely a read operation with no side effects. Severity is low because file path enumeration has minimal blast radius—the agent learns what files exist but cannot access their contents (that requires read_file) or modify them.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'glob' and description 'Find files matching a glob pattern' indicate file pattern matching/discovery with no modification capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access glob gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Copilot Studio Code, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for glob:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"glob": {}
}
}glob is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Find files matching a glob pattern. Use patterns like. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Copilot Studio Code MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Copilot Studio Code MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for glob: 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 Copilot Studio Code. Nothing to install.
glob 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 glob 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 glob. 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.
glob is provided by the Copilot Studio Code MCP server (taiki-yoshida/copilot-studio-code). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Copilot Studio Code, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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