MediumAI coding agentsBLWK-AI-023

An MCP server's tools run without asking for approval

What this means

An MCP server whose tools all run without approval (trust: true, autoApprove: ["*"], alwaysAllow: ["*"]).

How to fix it

Remove trust: true, or the “*” entry in alwaysAllow / autoApprove, from this MCP server's config so each tool call is shown to you first. Approve specific, read-only tools by name if the prompts are too frequent.

Check it yourself

Run a scan and look for BLWK-AI-023 in the results:

bulwark scan
bulwark ai scan

Installed the standalone CLI package instead of the app? The command is bulwarkctl.

References

• MITRE ATT&CK T1059

Related checks

• Project-supplied agent hooks run shell commands automatically · BLWK-AI-002
• An agent permission allowlist permits arbitrary command execution · BLWK-AI-006
• An agent is configured to bypass all permission prompts · BLWK-AI-007
• Project MCP servers are set to auto-enable without prompting · BLWK-AI-008
• VS Code chat auto-approve (“YOLO mode”) is enabled · BLWK-AI-009
• VS Code Workspace Trust is disabled · BLWK-AI-010