List issues in a repository with optional filtering.
AI agents call list_issues to retrieve information from Bitbucket Cloud MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool queries and retrieves issue data from a repository without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. This is a standard read operation. Severity is low because listing issues poses minimal risk even if misused by an agent—it retrieves existing metadata without affecting system state or permissions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_issues' and description 'List issues in a repository with optional filtering' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List issues in a repository with optional filtering. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bitbucket Cloud MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bitbucket Cloud MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_issues: 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 Bitbucket Cloud MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_issues 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_issues 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_issues. 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_issues is provided by the Bitbucket Cloud MCP Server MCP server (lexmata/bitbucket-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
list_issues is one line of Bitbucket Cloud MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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