Get details of a specific mobile app configuration
AI agents call get_mobile_app_config 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 configuration details for a mobile app without modifying, executing code, deleting, or committing financial transactions. It is a straightforward query operation that has no side effects on the system. The severity is low because exposure of mobile app configuration details, while potentially informative to an attacker, does not directly enable system compromise or data destruction.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_mobile_app_config' and description 'Get details of a specific mobile app configuration' indicate data retrieval with the verb 'Get', which is a read-only operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get details of a specific mobile app configuration. 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_mobile_app_config: 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_mobile_app_config 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_mobile_app_config 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_mobile_app_config. 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_mobile_app_config 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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