AI agents call ssh_session_status to retrieve information from Zebbern Kali MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves information about an existing SSH session's status. It has no side effects, does not execute commands, does not modify data, and does not delete or create resources. The verb 'check' and 'status' clearly indicate a passive information-gathering operation. Even in the context of a penetration testing toolkit, querying session status is purely observational.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'ssh_session_status' and description states 'Check the status of an SSH session' — a read-only operation that queries session state without modifying or executing anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ssh_session_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Zebbern Kali MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for ssh_session_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ssh_session_status": {}
}
}ssh_session_status is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Check the status of an SSH session. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Zebbern Kali MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Zebbern Kali MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ssh_session_status: 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 Zebbern Kali MCP. Nothing to install.
ssh_session_status 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 ssh_session_status 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 ssh_session_status. 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.
ssh_session_status is provided by the Zebbern Kali MCP server (zebbern/zebbern-kali-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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