diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py
index ef0331e862b..eb78d98a197 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ _OPENAI_UNSCANNABLE_TYPES: Final = frozenset(
     {"file", "input_file", "input_audio", "video_url", "audio_url", "document", "container_upload"}
 )
 _ANTHROPIC_UNSCANNABLE_TYPES: Final = frozenset({"document", "container_upload"})
+_TEXT_DOCUMENT_SOURCE_TYPES: Final = frozenset({"text", "content"})
 _CONVERSE_UNSCANNABLE_KEYS: Final = ("document", "video", "audio")
 _MAX_IMAGE_BYTES: Final = 4 * 1024 * 1024
+_MAX_IMAGE_BASE64_CHARS: Final = -(-_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES // 3) * 4
+_URL_SAFE_TO_STANDARD_BASE64: Final = str.maketrans("-_", "+/")
 _CONVERSE_ACTIONS: Final = frozenset({"converse", "converse-stream"})
 _TOOL_ROLES: Final = frozenset({"tool", "function"})
 _TOOL_OUTPUT_ITEM_TYPES: Final = frozenset({"function_call_output", "custom_tool_call_output", "computer_call_output"})
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ def _classify_nothing(block: Mapping[str, object]) -> _Classified:
 
 def _classify_openai_block(block: Mapping[str, object]) -> _Classified:
     block_type: Final = block.get("type")
-    if block_type == "image":
+    if block_type in ("image", "document"):
         return _classify_anthropic_block(block)
     if isinstance(block_type, str) and block_type in _OPENAI_IMAGE_TYPES:
         image_url: Final = block.get("image_url")
@@ -189,11 +192,19 @@ def _classify_anthropic_block(block: Mapping[str, object]) -> _Classified:
         if _is_mapping(source) and source.get("type") == "base64":
             return _classify_base64(source.get("media_type"), source.get("data"), "image")
         return _Unscannable("image (url or file source)")
+    if block_type == "document" and _is_text_document(block):
+        return None
     if isinstance(block_type, str) and block_type in _ANTHROPIC_UNSCANNABLE_TYPES:
         return _Unscannable(block_type)
     return None
 
 
+def _is_text_document(block: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
+    source: Final = block.get("source")
+    source_type: Final = source.get("type") if _is_mapping(source) else None
+    return isinstance(source_type, str) and source_type in _TEXT_DOCUMENT_SOURCE_TYPES
+
+
 def _classify_converse_block(block: Mapping[str, object]) -> _Classified:
     image: Final = block.get("image")
     if _is_mapping(image):
@@ -224,19 +235,29 @@ def _classify_base64(mime: object, encoded: object, label: str) -> _Classified:
     image_format: Final = _IMAGE_FORMAT_BY_MIME.get(mime.lower()) if isinstance(mime, str) else None
     if image_format is None:
         return _Unscannable(f"{label} ({mime[:_MAX_LABEL_MIME_CHARS]})" if isinstance(mime, str) and mime else label)
-    compact: Final = "".join(encoded.split()) if isinstance(encoded, str) else ""
-    decoded_size: Final = _decoded_size(compact)
+    standard: Final = _standard_base64(encoded)
+    if len(standard) > _MAX_IMAGE_BASE64_CHARS:
+        return _Unscannable(f"{label} (over 4 MB)")
+    decoded_size: Final = _decoded_size(standard)
     if decoded_size is None:
         return _Unscannable(f"{label} (invalid base64)")
     if decoded_size > _MAX_IMAGE_BYTES:
         return _Unscannable(f"{label} (over 4 MB)")
-    return _Image(BedrockContentItem(image=BedrockImageContent(format=image_format, source={"bytes": compact})))
+    return _Image(BedrockContentItem(image=BedrockImageContent(format=image_format, source={"bytes": standard})))
 
 
-def _decoded_size(compact: str) -> int | None:
-    if not compact:
+def _standard_base64(encoded: object) -> str:
+    """Return the payload as padded standard base64, accepting whitespace, missing padding and the URL-safe alphabet."""
+    compact: Final = (
+        "".join(encoded.split()).translate(_URL_SAFE_TO_STANDARD_BASE64) if isinstance(encoded, str) else ""
+    )
+    return compact + "=" * (-len(compact) % 4)
+
+
+def _decoded_size(standard: str) -> int | None:
+    if not standard:
         return None
     try:
-        return len(base64.b64decode(compact, validate=True))
+        return len(base64.b64decode(standard, validate=True))
     except (binascii.Error, ValueError):
         return None
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
index ab1fb28714f..dbce5c8fa6c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
@@ -2567,9 +2567,12 @@ class BedrockGuardrail(CustomGuardrail, BaseAWSLLM):
         request unless ``skip_unscannable_attachments`` is set. ``checks`` mode calls the text-only
         InvokeGuardrailChecks API, so there every image counts as unscannable too. A failed ApplyGuardrail
         call raises the same error the text scan of the same hook raises. A subclass that overrides
-        ``apply_guardrail`` skips this scan.
+        ``apply_guardrail`` or ``make_bedrock_api_request`` skips this scan.
         """
-        if type(self).apply_guardrail is not BedrockGuardrail.apply_guardrail:
+        if (
+            type(self).apply_guardrail is not BedrockGuardrail.apply_guardrail
+            or type(self).make_bedrock_api_request is not BedrockGuardrail.make_bedrock_api_request
+        ):
             return
         attachments: Final = find_request_attachments(
             data,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
index 7cf6a1774aa..bf447093c73 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
@@ -6432,3 +6432,27 @@ async def test_attachment_scan_skipped_when_subclass_overrides_apply_guardrail()
     assert pdf_result is None
     assert image_result is None
     assert mock_post.await_count == 0
+
+
+class _CustomRequestGuardrail(BedrockGuardrail):
+    async def make_bedrock_api_request(self, source, messages=None, response=None, request_data=None, **kwargs):
+        return {"action": "NONE"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_attachment_scan_skipped_when_subclass_overrides_make_bedrock_api_request():
+    guardrail = _CustomRequestGuardrail(
+        guardrail_name="bedrock-attachments", guardrailIdentifier="gid", guardrailVersion="DRAFT"
+    )
+
+    with patch.object(guardrail.async_handler, "post", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_post:
+        pdf_result = await guardrail.async_scan_request_attachments(
+            data=_pdf_chat_request(), call_type=CallTypes.acompletion.value
+        )
+        image_result = await guardrail.async_scan_request_attachments(
+            data=_image_only_chat_request(), call_type=CallTypes.acompletion.value
+        )
+
+    assert pdf_result is None
+    assert image_result is None
+    assert mock_post.await_count == 0
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py
index 032d1b05273..7c0fb7784a8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py
@@ -397,3 +397,53 @@ def test_converse_null_document_is_not_an_attachment():
 
     assert list(found.images) == [_png_item()]
     assert found.unscannable == ("audio",)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "block",
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            {"type": "document", "source": {"type": "text", "media_type": "text/plain", "data": "hi"}}, id="text"
+        ),
+        pytest.param({"type": "document", "source": {"type": "content", "content": [TEXT]}}, id="content"),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "call_type", [CallTypes.anthropic_messages.value, CallTypes.acompletion.value], ids=["messages", "chat"]
+)
+def test_text_source_document_is_not_an_attachment(block, call_type):
+    pdf = {"type": "document", "source": {"type": "base64", "media_type": "application/pdf", "data": PDF_B64}}
+
+    found = find_request_attachments(_chat(TEXT, block, pdf), call_type, False, False)
+
+    assert found.images == ()
+    assert found.unscannable == ("document",)
+
+
+def test_unpadded_and_url_safe_base64_are_sent_as_standard_base64():
+    raw = b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n\xfb\xff\xfe-fake"
+    standard = base64.b64encode(raw).decode()
+    unpadded = standard.rstrip("=")
+    url_safe = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(raw).decode().rstrip("=")
+    data = _chat(
+        *(
+            {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": f"data:image/png;base64,{encoded}"}}
+            for encoded in (unpadded, url_safe)
+        )
+    )
+
+    found = find_request_attachments(data, CallTypes.acompletion.value, False, False)
+
+    assert unpadded != standard
+    assert set("-_") & set(url_safe)
+    assert list(found.images) == [_png_item(standard), _png_item(standard)]
+    assert found.unscannable == ()
+
+
+def test_oversize_base64_is_refused_by_length_before_decoding():
+    encoded = "!" * (len(OVERSIZE_PNG_B64) + 4)
+    data = _chat({"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": f"data:image/png;base64,{encoded}"}})
+
+    found = find_request_attachments(data, CallTypes.acompletion.value, False, False)
+
+    assert found.unscannable == ("image_url (over 4 MB)",)