Container vulnerability scanner for Docker images and file systems.
AI agents call trivy_scan to retrieve information from MCP Kali Pentest without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Trivy performs vulnerability scanning and assessment—it reads and analyzes Docker images and file system data to identify security issues, returning findings without altering the scanned resources. This is characteristic of Read category tools (query, list, fetch data).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'trivy_scan' and description 'Container vulnerability scanner for Docker images and file systems' indicate scanning and analysis functionality.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Container vulnerability scanner for Docker images and file systems. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Kali Pentest MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Kali Pentest MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for trivy_scan: 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 MCP Kali Pentest. Nothing to install.
trivy_scan 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 trivy_scan 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 trivy_scan. 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.
trivy_scan is provided by the MCP Kali Pentest MCP server (root1856/mcpkali). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
trivy_scan is one line of MCP Kali Pentest'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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