get_aws_account_info
AI agents call get_aws_account_info to retrieve information from Amazon MQ MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The 'get' prefix and 'account_info' suggest this retrieves AWS account metadata without modifying or executing operations. However, AWS account information can include sensitive details (account ID, ARN formats, permissions structures), making it valuable for reconnaissance. Classified as Read rather than higher severity because retrieval itself has no direct destructive or execution effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_aws_account_info' indicates retrieval of account information. The function name uses 'get' prefix, which is a standard Read operation pattern. Description is empty, reducing specificity.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_aws_account_info. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Amazon MQ MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Amazon MQ MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_aws_account_info: 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 MQ MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_aws_account_info 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 get_aws_account_info 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 get_aws_account_info. 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.
get_aws_account_info is provided by the Amazon MQ MCP Server MCP server (awslabs.amazon-mq-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.