AI agents call list_groups to retrieve information from OpenCTI MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves existing group data from OpenCTI without creating, modifying, or deleting any records. It is a simple enumeration operation consistent with other Read-category tools on the server (list_connectors, list_files, list_labels, list_marking_definitions). The blast radius of misuse is limited to information disclosure about threat intelligence group structures.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_groups' with verb 'list' indicates data retrieval. Description '列出所有群組' translates to 'list all groups', confirming a read-only operation that retrieves group information without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_groups gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and OpenCTI MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_groups:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_groups": {}
}
}list_groups is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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列出所有群組. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OpenCTI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OpenCTI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_groups: 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 OpenCTI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_groups 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 list_groups 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 list_groups. 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.
list_groups is provided by the OpenCTI MCP Server MCP server (zxzinn/opencti-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 16 OpenCTI MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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16 OpenCTI MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.