Disassemble raw bytes at any address (not function-bound). Useful for examining data regions, padding, or unanalyzed code.
AI agents call disassemble_bytes to retrieve information from Kawaiidra MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs static binary analysis (disassembly) which is a read-only operation. It retrieves and interprets instruction sequences from raw bytes but does not modify the binary, execute code, or cause side effects. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose information about a binary's structure without enabling further exploitation or modification.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'disassemble_bytes' and description states it 'disassemble[s] raw bytes' for 'examining data regions, padding, or unanalyzed code.' Disassembly is a passive analysis operation that reads and interprets binary data without modifying it.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access disassemble_bytes gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Kawaiidra MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for disassemble_bytes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"disassemble_bytes": {}
}
}disassemble_bytes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Disassemble raw bytes at any address (not function-bound). Useful for examining data regions, padding, or unanalyzed code. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kawaiidra MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kawaiidra MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for disassemble_bytes: 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 Kawaiidra MCP. Nothing to install.
disassemble_bytes 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 disassemble_bytes 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 disassemble_bytes. 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.
disassemble_bytes is provided by the Kawaiidra MCP server (wagonbomb/kawaiidra-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Kawaiidra MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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