Get scan tasks queue (async scan queue must be enabled).
AI agents call getScanTasks to retrieve information from APK Security Guard MCP Suite without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data about pending scan tasks in a queue. The word 'Get' and the description explicitly indicate a read-only operation that checks queue status. There are no side effects, no data modification, and no execution of scans—only inspection of existing queue state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getScanTasks' and description 'Get scan tasks queue' indicate a retrieval operation that queries the state of an async scan queue without modifying it.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get scan tasks queue (async scan queue must be enabled). It is categorised as a Read tool in the APK Security Guard MCP Suite MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the APK Security Guard MCP Suite MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getScanTasks: 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 APK Security Guard MCP Suite. Nothing to install.
getScanTasks 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 getScanTasks 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 getScanTasks. 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.
getScanTasks is provided by the APK Security Guard MCP Suite MCP server (zmbcen/apk-security-guard-mcp-suite). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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