AI agents call redis_keys to retrieve information from Db without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves/lists Redis keys matching a pattern using SCAN. It performs no writes, deletions, or executions. Severity is medium because enumerating all keys can expose sensitive key names and structures, aiding reconnaissance or data exfiltration.
From the tool's definition 使用 SCAN 查找匹配模式的 Redis 键，避免 KEYS 阻塞实例 (Uses SCAN to find Redis keys matching a pattern, avoiding KEYS blocking the instance)
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access redis_keys gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Db, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for redis_keys:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"redis_keys": {}
}
}redis_keys is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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使用 SCAN 查找匹配模式的 Redis 键，避免 KEYS 阻塞实例. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Db MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Db MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for redis_keys: 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 Db. Nothing to install.
redis_keys 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 redis_keys 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 redis_keys. 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.
redis_keys is provided by the Db MCP server (wannanbigpig/db-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Db, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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