CloneContainerToECR
AI agents invoke CloneContainerToECR to trigger actions in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call — builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
The name suggests this tool copies/clones a container image to ECR, which constitutes an external operation (pushing to a registry). This falls under Execute as it triggers an external operation. However, since the description is empty, confidence is lowered. The severity is high because misuse could push malicious container images to a registry used in production workloads.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'CloneContainerToECR' implies cloning a container image and pushing it to Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry), which is an external operation with side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access CloneContainerToECR gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for CloneContainerToECR:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"CloneContainerToECR": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "clonecontainertoecr_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
} CloneContainerToECR stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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CloneContainerToECR. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for CloneContainerToECR: 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 Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server. Nothing to install.
CloneContainerToECR is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the CloneContainerToECR 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 CloneContainerToECR. 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.
CloneContainerToECR is provided by the Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server MCP server (awslabs.bedrock-kb-retrieval-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base Retrieval MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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