Check the status of a security scan.
AI agents call get_scan_status to retrieve information from Amazon SageMaker AI MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only query to retrieve the status of an already-running security scan. It has no side effects, does not modify data, does not execute operations, and does not involve financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only learn information about scan progress.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_scan_status' and description 'Check the status of a security scan' indicate a retrieval operation that queries existing scan status data without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check the status of a security scan. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Amazon SageMaker AI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Amazon SageMaker AI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_scan_status: 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 SageMaker AI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_scan_status 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_scan_status 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_scan_status. 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_scan_status is provided by the Amazon SageMaker AI MCP Server MCP server (awslabs.sagemaker-ai-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.