Get full details of an IT asset including financial and lifecycle data
AI agents call get_asset to retrieve information from ServiceNow-MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries existing asset data without side effects. While the retrieved data may include sensitive financial information, the tool itself performs only a read operation. The severity is low because viewing asset details poses minimal risk compared to tools that modify, delete, or execute actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_asset' and description 'Get full details of an IT asset including financial and lifecycle data' indicates a retrieval operation with no modification or destructive capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get full details of an IT asset including financial and lifecycle data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ServiceNow-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ServiceNow- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_asset: 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. Nothing to install.
get_asset 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_asset 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_asset. 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_asset is provided by the ServiceNow- MCP server (tedorigawa001/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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