// Copyright 2026 certctl LLC. All rights reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1 package validation import ( "context" "fmt" "net" "net/url" "strings" "sync/atomic" "time" ) // blockRFC1918Outbound is the package-level toggle for the // acquisition-audit SEC-009 + RED-005 closure (Sprint 5 ACQ, // 2026-05-16). When true, IsReservedIP additionally returns true for // the RFC 1918 ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16), // which by default are NOT reserved (see the IsReservedIP header // comment for the threat-model rationale). Operators on hosted IaaS // where RFC1918 IS internal trust (e.g. the kubeadm-default // 10.96.0.0/12 service CIDR exposes the Kubernetes API server on // 10.96.0.1) opt in via CERTCTL_BLOCK_RFC1918_OUTBOUND=true. // // Stored as atomic.Bool so the hot-path SSRF check in // SafeHTTPDialContext doesn't need a mutex; SetBlockRFC1918Outbound // is the single writer (called once at boot from // cmd/server/main.go via the config.Network.BlockRFC1918Outbound // value) and IsReservedIP is the reader. Because the toggle is // boot-time wiring rather than per-request runtime, the relaxed // memory ordering of atomic.Bool is sufficient and adds no // measurable per-call overhead. var blockRFC1918Outbound atomic.Bool // SetBlockRFC1918Outbound flips the package-level RFC1918-block // toggle. Called once at boot from cmd/server/main.go after // config.Load. Idempotent — operators can re-flip in tests by // passing the value they want. // // Acquisition-audit SEC-009 + RED-005 closure (Sprint 5 ACQ). func SetBlockRFC1918Outbound(block bool) { blockRFC1918Outbound.Store(block) } // BlockRFC1918OutboundEnabled reports the current toggle state. // Exposed so callers (e.g. operator-facing /healthz diagnostics) // can render the effective SSRF policy without re-reading the env. func BlockRFC1918OutboundEnabled() bool { return blockRFC1918Outbound.Load() } // rfc1918Nets is the pre-parsed set of RFC 1918 CIDRs, computed once // at package init so the IsReservedIP hot path doesn't re-parse the // strings on every call. A `nil` entry would surface a panic at // startup rather than silently no-op the toggle. var rfc1918Nets = func() []*net.IPNet { out := make([]*net.IPNet, 0, 3) for _, cidr := range []string{"10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"} { _, n, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr) if err != nil || n == nil { panic("ssrf: failed to pre-parse RFC1918 CIDR " + cidr + ": " + err.Error()) } out = append(out, n) } return out }() // IsReservedIP reports whether the given IP falls inside a range that // outbound HTTP egress (and the network-scanner CIDR expander) MUST treat // as unreachable: loopback, link-local (including cloud-provider metadata // endpoints at 169.254.169.254), multicast, and broadcast. // // RFC 1918 ranges (10/8, 172.16/12, 192.168/16) are intentionally NOT // treated as reserved by default. certctl is designed to manage // certificates inside private networks and filtering private address // space would break the primary use case. The default threat model is // outbound HTTP to cloud-metadata or localhost services, not general // network reachability. // // Operators on hosted IaaS where RFC1918 IS internal trust (Kubernetes // service CIDRs that expose the API server inside RFC1918, internal- // only monitoring stacks, etc.) can opt in via // CERTCTL_BLOCK_RFC1918_OUTBOUND=true, which the boot path passes to // SetBlockRFC1918Outbound. When the toggle is on, the three RFC 1918 // ranges are appended to the reserved set and every code path that // builds on IsReservedIP (isReservedIPForDial, IsReservedIPForDial, // SafeHTTPDialContext, ValidateSafeURL, the network scanner, the // webhook notifier) picks up the policy transitively without per- // call-site changes. This is acquisition-audit SEC-009 + RED-005 // closure (Sprint 5 ACQ, 2026-05-16). // // This function is byte-identical in behaviour to the previous unexported // copy in internal/service/network_scan.go (for the default-off case). // It is exported here so both the network scanner and the webhook // notifier share a single authoritative implementation. Broader IPv6 // coverage and unspecified- address handling live in // SafeHTTPDialContext, where stricter policy is appropriate for // outbound HTTP egress. func IsReservedIP(ip net.IP) bool { // Loopback: 127.0.0.0/8 (and ::1 via IsLoopback). if ip.IsLoopback() { return true } // Link-local: 169.254.0.0/16 (includes cloud metadata 169.254.169.254). if linkLocal := net.ParseIP("169.254.0.0"); linkLocal != nil { if _, linkLocalNet, _ := net.ParseCIDR("169.254.0.0/16"); linkLocalNet != nil { if linkLocalNet.Contains(ip) { return true } } } // Multicast: 224.0.0.0/4. if multicast := net.ParseIP("224.0.0.0"); multicast != nil { if _, multicastNet, _ := net.ParseCIDR("224.0.0.0/4"); multicastNet != nil { if multicastNet.Contains(ip) { return true } } } // Broadcast: 255.255.255.255. if ip.String() == "255.255.255.255" { return true } // Acquisition-audit SEC-009 + RED-005 (Sprint 5 ACQ, 2026-05-16). // Opt-in RFC 1918 block. The toggle is OFF by default — the // default certctl threat model treats RFC1918 as legitimate // destination space. Operators on hosted IaaS where RFC1918 is // internal trust flip this via CERTCTL_BLOCK_RFC1918_OUTBOUND=true. if blockRFC1918Outbound.Load() { for _, n := range rfc1918Nets { if n.Contains(ip) { return true } } } return false } // IsReservedIPForDial applies IsReservedIP plus additional ranges that are // meaningful for outbound HTTP egress but were not part of the original // network-scanner filter: the unspecified address (0.0.0.0 / ::) and IPv6 // link-local / multicast ranges. The Phase 3 ACME HTTP-01 validator // (internal/api/acme/validators.go) reuses this same gate so HTTP-01 // fetches can't be turned into an SSRF primitive against private-IP // space. func IsReservedIPForDial(ip net.IP) bool { return isReservedIPForDial(ip) } // isReservedIPForDial is kept as the package-private implementation so // every existing call site (the network scanner + ValidateSafeURL + // the SafeHTTPDial-test helpers) stays byte-identical. The exported // wrapper IsReservedIPForDial above is the one new callers (Phase 3 // ACME HTTP-01 validator) take. func isReservedIPForDial(ip net.IP) bool { if ip == nil { return true } if IsReservedIP(ip) { return true } if ip.IsUnspecified() { return true } // IPv6 link-local fe80::/10. if _, n, err := net.ParseCIDR("fe80::/10"); err == nil && n.Contains(ip) { return true } // IPv6 multicast ff00::/8. if _, n, err := net.ParseCIDR("ff00::/8"); err == nil && n.Contains(ip) { return true } return false } // ValidateSafeURL parses rawURL and rejects anything that would let an // attacker aim an outbound HTTP client at a SSRF-sensitive destination // (CWE-918). Guards enforced: // // 1. The scheme must be http or https. Schemes like file://, gopher://, // ftp://, data:, javascript:, ldap://, and dict:// are rejected outright; // webhook delivery only speaks HTTP(S). // 2. A hostname must be present. Empty-host URLs like "http:///foo" are // rejected to prevent ambiguous defaulting. // 3. If the host is a literal IP address, the IP must not be reserved // (see isReservedIPForDial). This stops the obvious 127.0.0.1 / ::1 / // 169.254.169.254 / 0.0.0.0 attacks at config time. // 4. If the host is a DNS name and resolution succeeds, every resolved // A/AAAA record must be non-reserved. A single reserved result is // enough to reject. Resolution failure is tolerated (offline CI // environments, short-lived test servers) — the authoritative // enforcement runs at dial time anyway. // // The DNS resolution check here is a best-effort early diagnostic. The // authoritative, TOCTOU-safe enforcement is SafeHTTPDialContext, which // re-checks after resolution at dial time and defeats DNS rebinding. // Callers that need SSRF-safe HTTP egress should use BOTH // ValidateSafeURL (at config ingestion) AND SafeHTTPDialContext // (installed on http.Transport). func ValidateSafeURL(rawURL string) error { if rawURL == "" { return fmt.Errorf("url is required") } u, err := url.Parse(rawURL) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("invalid url: %w", err) } scheme := strings.ToLower(u.Scheme) if scheme != "http" && scheme != "https" { return fmt.Errorf("url scheme %q is not allowed; only http and https are permitted", u.Scheme) } host := u.Hostname() if host == "" { return fmt.Errorf("url must include a host") } // Literal IP? Reject if reserved (strict policy for outbound egress). if ip := net.ParseIP(host); ip != nil { if isReservedIPForDial(ip) { return fmt.Errorf("url host resolves to a reserved address and cannot be used") } return nil } // DNS name. Resolve and reject if any answer is reserved. ips, err := net.LookupIP(host) if err != nil { // Resolution failure is not itself a SSRF signal; let the dial-time // DialContext handle the final decision. This keeps the validator // tolerant of offline validation environments (CI, tests) while // still blocking clearly-bad literal-IP URLs above. return nil } for _, ip := range ips { if isReservedIPForDial(ip) { return fmt.Errorf("url host resolves to a reserved address and cannot be used") } } return nil } // SafeHTTPDialContext returns a DialContext function suitable for // installing on an http.Transport. Every dial attempt resolves the host // again and rejects any connection whose resolved IP lies inside a // reserved range. This is the authoritative SSRF / DNS-rebinding guard: // even if ValidateSafeURL was bypassed, or if DNS changed between // validation and dial, the outbound connection will fail closed. // // The timeout argument bounds both the resolution and the underlying TCP // dial. Pass 0 to use a sensible default (10s). func SafeHTTPDialContext(timeout time.Duration) func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) { if timeout <= 0 { timeout = 10 * time.Second } dialer := &net.Dialer{ Timeout: timeout, KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second, } return func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) { host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid dial address %q: %w", addr, err) } // If the host is already a literal IP, check it directly. if ip := net.ParseIP(host); ip != nil { if isReservedIPForDial(ip) { return nil, fmt.Errorf("refusing to dial reserved address %s", ip.String()) } return dialer.DialContext(ctx, network, addr) } // Resolve and reject any answer that lands in a reserved range. // We then dial an explicit resolved IP so a racing DNS change // cannot substitute a different (and possibly reserved) answer // between our check and the actual TCP dial. resCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout) defer cancel() ips, err := (&net.Resolver{}).LookupIP(resCtx, "ip", host) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("resolve %s: %w", host, err) } if len(ips) == 0 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("no addresses found for %s", host) } for _, ip := range ips { if isReservedIPForDial(ip) { return nil, fmt.Errorf("refusing to dial %s: resolves to reserved address %s", host, ip.String()) } } // Dial the first non-reserved resolved IP directly, pinning the // target so later DNS changes cannot redirect us. pinned := net.JoinHostPort(ips[0].String(), port) return dialer.DialContext(ctx, network, pinned) } }