Retrieve interface details (IP, subnet, router) for a network service.
AI agents call network_service_details to retrieve information from macOS Tools MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves network configuration information without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It falls clearly into the Read category as a query operation that returns system diagnostics. Low severity because network configuration details alone pose minimal risk; disclosure of local IP/subnet information is not typically exploitable without additional vulnerabilities.
From the tool's definition Tool is described as 'Retrieve interface details' with read-only access stated in server description: 'Provides read-only access to native macOS system utilities'. Returns network configuration data (IP, subnet, router) without modification capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve interface details (IP, subnet, router) for a network service. It is categorised as a Read tool in the macOS Tools MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the macOS Tools MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for network_service_details: 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 macOS Tools MCP Server. Nothing to install.
network_service_details 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 network_service_details 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 network_service_details. 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.
network_service_details is provided by the macOS Tools MCP Server MCP server (zhuoli/mcp101). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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