fix(security): constrain remote MCP/OpenAPI egress targets - #53
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This repository does not receive automatic reviews because it has fewer than 10 stars. ⚙️ Run configurationConfiguration used: defaults Review profile: CHILL Plan: Pro Plus Run ID: 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds centralized outbound-target validation for remote MCP and OpenAPI URLs. MCP registration, dynamic translation, remote SSE connections, and proxy requests now enforce allowlists, DNS and address checks, redirect rejection, canonical URL storage, and sanitized errors. ChangesOutbound security enforcement
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk:🟠 High · up to The change tightens outbound URL validation, but the current head still permits caller credentials to reach remote targets, does not bind connections to the addresses that passed validation, can drop configured base-path prefixes, and leaves remote-SSE redirect hops outside the stated controls. These concrete security and correctness gaps make the PR unsafe to merge until fixed or explicitly constrained. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
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Client->>MCPRegistryRoute: submit remote MCP or OpenAPI registration
MCPRegistryRoute->>validateOutboundTarget: validate outbound URLs
validateOutboundTarget-->>MCPRegistryRoute: canonical URL or policy error
MCPRegistryRoute->>UpstreamFetch: fetch validated destination without redirects
UpstreamFetch-->>MCPRegistryRoute: response or sanitized failure
MCPRegistryRoute-->>Client: success or generic error
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Exact-head security review: keep this PR draft. The registration/OpenAPI/direct-proxy egress boundary is materially improved and focused SSRF tests are present, but two gates remain before promotion: (1) cAPI CI must actually execute and pass on this exact head; current run 32685877506 is only queued, and (2) the SDK-managed remote-SSE redirect path is not yet proven to revalidate each redirect hop. Initial remote-SSE URL validation is not sufficient to close #52 if the SDK can follow a validated public URL to a forbidden/private destination. Do not mark the MCP incident VERIFIED or deploy around this review until that transport behavior is proven fail-closed or remote SSE is disabled/constrained accordingly. Runtime 3003 remains NOT_VERIFIED.
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Exact-head CI result: cAPI CI run 32685877506 concluded failure; job 97310710657 (verify) exposes steps: []. Therefore no Vitest/typecheck/build/security repository step actually executed. Keep #53 draft. This is CI-execution/infrastructure failure, not evidence that the SSRF tests failed. The remote-SSE redirect-hop/DNS connection-time guarantees also remain unresolved, so #52 must stay open and runtime 3003 remains NOT_VERIFIED.
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FindingsP1 — DNS validation does not bind the outbound connection to the validated address
This leaves a DNS rebinding window:
This affects the OpenAPI specification fetch at A validation immediately before P1 — Remote SSE can follow an SDK-managed redirect without target revalidation
newSSEClientTransport(validatedUrl)No custom The remote SSE route does not meet the required fail-closed condition. Configure the SDK transport with a policy-enforcing fetch that rejects redirects and validates each request target at connection time. If the SDK cannot provide these guarantees for every SSE request path, disable or constrain P2 — The direct proxy forwards credential-bearing headers to remote targets
A caller that reaches the proxy with an upstream credential can disclose that credential to the registered remote target. This is especially risky when a shared internal client uses an Use a safe header allowlist for the proxy. At minimum, strip Scope conclusions
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In `@docs/MCP_SECURITY_BOUNDARY.md`:
- Around line 35-39: The remote-SSE boundary must explicitly cover redirects for
initial SSE connections, reconnection attempts, and SSEClientTransport message
POST requests. Add deployment tests proving every redirect hop is validated and
forbidden destinations fail closed, or constrain/disable remote SSE until
equivalent enforcement exists; preserve sanitized client errors and server-side
diagnostics.
In `@src/app/api/proxy/`[serverId]/[...path]/route.ts:
- Around line 109-111: Update the proxy request construction around
forwardHeaders to use an explicit allowlist of safe request headers instead of
forwarding the incoming header set; exclude Authorization, Proxy-Authorization,
Cookie, response-only headers, and hop-by-hop headers while preserving the
existing redirect error behavior.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/MCP_SECURITY_BOUNDARY.md` around lines 51 - 60.
- Around line 62-64: Update the outbound proxy flow around
validateOutboundTarget and fetch so the connection is forced to the address
validated by validateOutboundTarget, preventing a second hostname resolution;
preserve the request Host header and TLS server name, and add a regression test
covering DNS rebinding from a public address to a private or metadata address.
- Around line 62-64: Update the target URL construction in the route handler to
append the requested path and query to server.base_url.pathname rather than
passing an absolute-slash path directly to new URL, preserving prefixes such as
/v1 before calling validateOutboundTarget.
In `@src/lib/security/outbound-target.ts`:
- Around line 131-150: Prevent DNS rebinding by making validateOutboundTarget
enforce the validated addresses rather than returning a hostname that is
resolved again. Update src/lib/security/outbound-target.ts (lines 131-150) and
apply the enforcing connection path in src/lib/covenant/dynamic-mcp.ts (lines
103-109) and src/lib/mcp/drivers/McpDriver.ts (lines 60-61); update the proxy
route as requested. Add a Vitest regression in
src/lib/security/outbound-target.test.ts (lines 37-43) using different
validation and connection DNS answers, asserting the second blocked answer is
denied.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/MCP_SECURITY_BOUNDARY.md` at line 45.
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| Hosted cAPI may use remote MCP transports only under the outbound egress policy above. Discovery/connection does not itself grant permission for a consequential operation. | ||
| The remote URL is not authority. It is untrusted input even when supplied by an authenticated administrator. A target must be canonicalized, matched against the server-controlled allowlist, resolved, and rejected if any resolved address is local/private/link-local/metadata/reserved. Client-visible errors must remain sanitized; transport/DNS details belong in server-side diagnostics. | ||
| The current source validates the initial remote-SSE destination. Deployment verification must additionally prove that the SDK transport cannot redirect a validated public endpoint to a forbidden address. Until that redirect behavior is proven fail-closed (or remote SSE is constrained accordingly), the remote-SSE redirect boundary remains **NOT_VERIFIED**. |
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In the Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK, the SSEClientTransport is used for Server-Sent Events (SSE) connections, where SSE is employed for receiving messages and POST requests are used for sending messages [1][2]. Regarding authentication, redirects, and reconnection: 1. Authentication and Reconnection: When the server responds with a 401 Unauthorized status, the SSEClientTransport calls the onUnauthorized method (if provided in the authProvider configuration) to refresh credentials [1][3]. After refreshing, the request is retried exactly once [1][3]. If the subsequent attempt also fails with a 401, or if no onUnauthorized handler is provided, an UnauthorizedError is thrown [4][1][3]. 2. Interactive OAuth Redirects: For interactive OAuth flows, when an UnauthorizedError occurs, the client is expected to redirect the user to an authorization URL [1][3]. After the user completes the authorization and is redirected back to the client application, the finishAuth(authorizationCode) method must be called with the provided authorization code before attempting to reconnect [4][1]. 3. SSE Lifecycle and Redirects: Note that SSEClientTransport does not inherently manage complex HTTP redirect logic for the SSE stream connection itself beyond standard EventSource behavior [4][5]. Because SSEClientTransport is now deprecated in favor of StreamableHTTPClientTransport, it is recommended to migrate to the newer transport for better connection and lifecycle management [1][6]. If an SSE connection is lost, the transport does not automatically re-establish state; developers often implement logic to recreate the transport or handle reconnects on a per-operation basis if long-lived sessions are required [7]. 4. POST Requests: The SDK uses POST requests for sending JSON-RPC messages [8]. The SSEClientTransportOptions allow for customization of these requests through the requestInit property, which can be used to set custom headers or other request configurations [6][3].
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- 1: https://ts.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/v2/api/@modelcontextprotocol/client/client/sse.html
- 2: https://modelcontextprotocol.info/docs/concepts/transports/
- 3: https://ts.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/v2/types/_modelcontextprotocol_client.client_sse.SSEClientTransportOptions.html
- 4: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.30.0/dist/esm/client/sse.d.ts
- 5: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/cc4b4161/packages/client/src/client/sse.ts
- 6: https://ts.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/v2/api/%40modelcontextprotocol/client/client/sse.html
- 7: SSEClientTransport doesn't re-establish lifecycle state on disconnect/reconnect modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk#510
- 8: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/e4227d13/packages/client/src/client/sse.ts
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Add explicit remote-SSE redirect verification.
The SDK follows redirects for SSE connections and reconnection attempts. SSEClientTransport sends message POST requests without redirect-hop validation. Add deployment tests for all three paths, or constrain remote SSE until equivalent enforcement exists.
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In `@docs/MCP_SECURITY_BOUNDARY.md` around lines 35 - 39, The remote-SSE boundary
must explicitly cover redirects for initial SSE connections, reconnection
attempts, and SSEClientTransport message POST requests. Add deployment tests
proving every redirect hop is validated and forbidden destinations fail closed,
or constrain/disable remote SSE until equivalent enforcement exists; preserve
sanitized client errors and server-side diagnostics.
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| addresses = await resolver(hostname); | ||
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| throw new OutboundTargetError("OUTBOUND_DNS_UNAVAILABLE"); | ||
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| } | ||
| if (addresses.length === 0) { | ||
| throw new OutboundTargetError("OUTBOUND_DNS_EMPTY"); | ||
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| if (addresses.some(isUnsafeOutboundAddress)) { | ||
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In Node.js, undici provides the infrastructure necessary to prevent DNS rebinding attacks—a time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability where a hostname resolves to a safe IP during validation but to an internal/malicious IP during the actual connection [1][2]. To prevent this, you must "pin" the connection to the validated IP address by providing a custom lookup function within the Agent configuration [3][4]. ### Implementation Pattern The standard defense involves using an undici.Agent with a custom connect.lookup option [5][3]. When fetch is called with this dispatcher, the Agent bypasses the standard system DNS resolution and uses your provided function instead [1][3]. javascript import { Agent, fetch as undiciFetch } from 'undici'; import dns from 'node:dns'; // 1. Resolve and validate the hostname yourself first const validatedIp = '93.184.216.34'; // Example: IP verified to be safe // 2. Create a dispatcher that pins the connection to the validated IP const dispatcher = new Agent({ connect: { // Override the lookup function to return only the pinned IP lookup: (hostname, options, callback) => { callback(null, validatedIp, 4); // Always returns the pinned IP } } }); // 3. Use the dispatcher in your fetch call const res = await undiciFetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher }); ### Key Considerations * Dispatcher Necessity: Standard fetch in Node.js uses undici internally, but simply passing an agent option (as used in older http modules) is often ignored by undici's fetch implementation [1][6]. You must explicitly pass the dispatcher option to the fetch call [7][8]. * Redirects: DNS rebinding can occur during redirects [2]. If your request follows redirects, you must either set redirect: 'manual' to handle them yourself (re-validating each hop) or ensure your dispatcher is configured to handle subsequent requests safely [8][2]. * Built-in DNS Interceptor: Undici also includes an interceptors.dns() utility, which is useful for caching DNS lookups to improve performance, but it is generally distinct from the security-focused "pinning" required to defeat DNS rebinding [9]. For robust SSRF/rebinding protection, the explicit connect.lookup override remains the industry-standard approach [3][4][2]. * Vulnerabilities: Failure to properly route requests through a pinned dispatcher has led to significant vulnerabilities in production platforms, where the dispatcher option was either ignored or bypassed, allowing attackers to reach internal network services [1][6]. Always verify that your specific runtime or environment honors the dispatcher option [7]. Top results: [9][5][1][3][2]
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- 1: https://securelayer7.net/lab/budibase-rest-datasource-ssrf-dns-rebinding-undici-dispatcher
- 2: https://safeguard.sh/resources/blog/nodejs-ssrf-prevention
- 3: https://uniauth.id/blog/dns-rebinding-safe-http-client
- 4: https://ai-sdk.dev/docs/advanced/secure-url-fetching
- 5: https://github.com/nodejs/undici/blob/main/docs/docs/api/Client.md
- 6: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73410
- 7: dispatcher option passed to undiciFetch is ignored oven-sh/bun#38840
- 8: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/blob/62115dac/apps/server/src/services/safe_fetch.ts
- 9: https://undici.nodejs.org/api/Interceptors
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In the @modelcontextprotocol/sdk (version 1.30.0), the SSEClientTransport does not natively implement a dedicated "fetch dispatcher" or custom DNS resolution mechanism [1][2]. Instead, it allows for a custom fetch implementation via the fetch option in SSEClientTransportOptions [1][3][4]. When provided, this custom fetch function is used for all network requests performed by the transport, including the initial SSE connection and subsequent POST requests [1][2][4]. The SDK delegates the responsibility of handling DNS resolution and request dispatching to the underlying fetch implementation provided by the environment (such as the global fetch API) or the custom fetch function injected by the user [2][5][4]. Key implementation details include: - The constructor accepts an optional fetch property (FetchLike type) [1][3][4]. - Internal methods such as _startOrAuth use this fetch implementation to manage the EventSource connection and request headers [2][5]. - If no custom fetch is provided, the transport defaults to the global fetch [2][5]. Because the SDK relies on the standard fetch interface, any specific control over DNS resolution (e.g., using a custom agent or dispatcher to resolve DNS or route traffic) must be implemented within the custom fetch function provided to the transport [2][4]. Note that SSEClientTransport is marked as deprecated in favor of StreamableHTTPClientTransport [1][6][7].
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- 1: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.30.0/dist/esm/client/sse.d.ts
- 2: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/327243ce/packages/client/src/client/sse.ts
- 3: https://ts.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/v2/api/@modelcontextprotocol/client/client/sse.html
- 4: Allow custom fetch in SSEClientTransport and StreamableHTTPClientTransport modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk#721
- 5: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/cc4b4161/packages/client/src/client/sse.ts
- 6: https://ts.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/v2/classes/_modelcontextprotocol_client.client_sse.SSEClientTransport.html
- 7: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/blob/main/docs/clients/connect.md
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Bind outbound connections to validated DNS addresses.validateOutboundTarget checks DNS, then returns a hostname URL. fetch and SSEClientTransport can resolve that hostname again and connect to a private address after validation. redirect: "error" does not prevent DNS rebinding.
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src/lib/security/outbound-target.tsto return connection data or an enforcing dispatcher/resolver that dials only validated addresses. - Apply the enforcing path in
src/lib/covenant/dynamic-mcp.ts,src/app/api/proxy/[serverId]/[...path]/route.ts, andsrc/lib/mcp/drivers/McpDriver.ts. - Add a Vitest regression test with separate validation and connection DNS answers. Assert that the connection is denied when the second answer is blocked.
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src/lib/security/outbound-target.ts#L131-L150(this comment)src/lib/covenant/dynamic-mcp.ts#L103-L109src/lib/mcp/drivers/McpDriver.ts#L60-L61src/lib/security/outbound-target.test.ts#L37-L43
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In `@src/lib/security/outbound-target.ts` around lines 131 - 150, Prevent DNS
rebinding by making validateOutboundTarget enforce the validated addresses
rather than returning a hostname that is resolved again. Update
src/lib/security/outbound-target.ts (lines 131-150) and apply the enforcing
connection path in src/lib/covenant/dynamic-mcp.ts (lines 103-109) and
src/lib/mcp/drivers/McpDriver.ts (lines 60-61); update the proxy route as
requested. Add a Vitest regression in src/lib/security/outbound-target.test.ts
(lines 37-43) using different validation and connection DNS answers, asserting
the second blocked answer is denied.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/MCP_SECURITY_BOUNDARY.md` at line 45.
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Exact-head security review follow-up for b09e340cb5d7537155e11fb2d047ddd350184e56: keep this PR draft. Independent review confirms the initial outbound policy is directionally useful but not yet fail-closed enough for hosted cAPI.
Current merge blockers:
- DNS rebinding / connection-time binding (P1):
validateOutboundTarget()resolves and validates addresses, then later transports resolve the hostname again. OpenAPI fetch, direct proxy, and remote SSE therefore need a connection mechanism/resolver/dispatcher pinned to the validated address set (while preserving Host/TLS SNI), with a public-at-validation/private-at-connect regression. - Remote-SSE redirects (P1):
SSEClientTransportis still created without a policy-enforcing fetch. Supply a fetch that rejects redirects and applies the same outbound policy to the initial connection, reconnects, and POST message requests; if the SDK cannot guarantee this, keepremote-ssedisabled/constrained in hosted production. - Credential/header forwarding (P2): direct proxy must use a safe outbound header allowlist. At minimum strip
authorization,proxy-authorization,cookie,set-cookie, the internal/admin headers already blocked, and hop-by-hop headers. Add a regression proving they never reach the remote target. - Base-path preservation: direct proxy URL construction must append the requested path/query to
server.base_url.pathname;new URL('/path', base)currently discards configured prefixes such as/v1.
Do not close #52 or claim SSRF/egress VERIFIED until these are resolved, exact-head Vitest/typecheck/build/security/dependency checks actually execute and pass, and deployed cAPI is independently verified by SHA + HTTP/protocol identity + listener 3003 + Traefik target. This source review does not establish runtime health.
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@jules Implement the still-current exact-head security blockers on this draft, preserving the existing post-#50 MCP incident fixes and keeping #52 open until the remaining transport boundary is actually proven. Scope the next commit set narrowly to these verified findings on head
Keep client-visible errors sanitized and detailed DNS/transport diagnostics server-side. Update Do not add secrets, private infrastructure addresses, or new consequence authority. Keep cAPI as integration/capability discovery; CAPPO remains consequence-bearing authority. Keep the PR draft until exact-head Vitest/typecheck/build/security/dependency checks actually execute and pass. No deployed/runtime verification claim from source changes alone. |
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Exact-head security block after independent review: #53 is not ready to promote. Four Major defects remain live on b09e340: (1) DNS is validated before connection but the actual fetch/SSE connection resolves again, leaving a rebinding window; the dialed address must be pinned to the validated address while preserving hostname/SNI. (2) Hosted remote-SSE remains outside the policy boundary for redirects/reconnect/message POSTs; either inject the same policy-enforcing transport for every network operation or disable hosted remote-SSE fail-closed until that exists. (3) The direct proxy must use an explicit outbound header allowlist and never forward Authorization, Proxy-Authorization, Cookie, internal keys, hop-by-hop, or response-only headers to a registered target. (4) Proxy URL construction must preserve a configured base path prefix such as /v1 before outbound validation. Add focused negatives for DNS rebind, redirect/reconnect-to-private, credential forwarding, and base-prefix preservation. Keep #52 open and keep runtime 3003 NOT_VERIFIED until the corrected exact-head tests/build/security gates execute and deployed SHA + protocol identity + listener + Traefik agree.
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Exact-head remediation update for c75017b:
SOURCE FIXED in this head:
- direct proxy now uses an explicit safe outbound request-header allowlist; caller Authorization, Proxy-Authorization, Cookie, internal keys, and other non-allowlisted headers no longer reach the registered upstream;
- proxy URL construction now appends the requested route to the configured server.base_url pathname, preserving prefixes such as /v1 before target validation.
STILL BLOCKING / NOT VERIFIED:
- DNS validation is not connection-bound. validateOutboundTarget() can approve one DNS answer while fetch/SSE resolves the hostname again. Pin or policy-bind the actual connection to validated public addresses and add a rebinding negative.
- Hosted remote-SSE still lacks equivalent policy enforcement across initial connect, redirects/reconnects, and message POSTs. Constrain/disable it fail-closed until those paths use the same outbound policy.
- Exact-head cAPI CI run 32705862191 failed; verify job 97366721850 exposes no executable steps, so repository tests/typecheck/build/security checks did not provide passing evidence.
Keep this PR draft. Keep #52 open. Do not claim deployed cAPI safety or verified runtime 3003 until deployed SHA + protocol identity + listener + Traefik agree.
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Exact-head security reconciliation on c75017b: two Major blockers remain non-outdated and must stay merge-blocking. (1) outbound DNS validation is still TOCTOU: validation resolves/accepts addresses, but fetch/SSE later resolves the hostname again; bind the actual connection to validated public address(es), preserving Host/TLS SNI, and add a rebinding regression with different validation vs connection answers. (2) hosted remote-SSE still lacks equivalent redirect/reconnect/message-POST enforcement; either inject a policy-enforcing transport/fetch that validates every outbound hop/connection or disable hosted remote-SSE fail-closed until that exists. The credential-forwarding fix is resolved and base-path correction is reflected by the older thread becoming outdated. Exact-head cAPI CI run 32705862191 still concludes failure, so do not promote/merge around the gate. Keep #52 open and runtime NOT_VERIFIED.
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For an allowlisted hostname whose DNS responses can change, the validator checks one lookup but returns only the original hostname URL; each subsequent fetch or SSEClientTransport connection resolves that hostname again. A rebinding target can therefore return a public address during validation and a loopback, private, or metadata address during the actual request, bypassing the new SSRF boundary. The outbound connection must be pinned to a validated address while preserving the original Host/SNI identity, or validation must occur in the connection's DNS resolver.
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When an allowlisted hostname resolves to a deprecated site-local address such as fec0::1, this predicate returns false because it covers only fe80::/10 link-local addresses and not fec0::/10. Environments that still route site-local IPv6 would consequently allow an outbound request into the internal network, so the address classification should cover the remaining non-global IPv6 ranges rather than relying on these textual prefixes.
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Any otherwise valid target resolving anywhere in 192.0.0.0/16 is rejected because this condition checks only the first two octets. The relevant special-purpose blocks are narrower (including 192.0.0.0/24 and the separately listed 192.0.2.0/24), so public addresses in the rest of this /16 cannot be registered or proxied even when explicitly allowlisted; constrain this predicate to the intended CIDRs.
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When an allowlisted SSE endpoint responds with an HTTP redirect to a private or metadata address, constructing the SDK transport this way delegates the connection to its EventSource implementation, which follows redirects without calling validateOutboundTarget for the new URL. Unlike the OpenAPI and proxy fetches, this production-enabled path therefore permits a redirect-based SSRF pivot; supply a transport fetch implementation that rejects or revalidates every redirect hop, or keep remote SSE disabled.
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When DNS for a registered upstream stalls, this awaited validation can block on dns.lookup before the proxy's abort timer is created at line 101. Consequently PROXY_TIMEOUT_MS no longer bounds the end-to-end proxy request, and enough slow DNS resolutions can tie up route executions well beyond the configured limit; start the timeout before validation and make the resolver cancellable or explicitly time-bounded.
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Reconciliation: returned this PR to draft on 2026-08-28. Exact-head CI is green, but the security boundary is not yet complete. The current validator resolves/approves DNS and then returns the original URL, so the subsequent transport can resolve again (validation→connection rebinding window). The SDK-managed remote-SSE path also still lacks demonstrated fail-closed enforcement across redirects/reconnects/message POSTs. Do not merge merely because CI is green. Required next evidence: connection-bound/transport-enforced destination policy with negative rebinding tests, plus remote-SSE redirect/reconnect/message-channel proof or an explicit fail-closed disablement. reported_runtime_state.cAPI=3003; verified_runtime_state.cAPI=NOT_VERIFIED. |
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Fresh source-of-truth recheck: this branch is now materially diverged from current The overlap is security-sensitive: current main changed |
Advances #52 on current cAPI
main8d6a692ecae8d239692f9b0bbb091854da6c3372.This draft adds a shared outbound-target policy for the post-#50 MCP incident surface:
CAPI_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTSexact-host allowlisting;remote-httpis rejected instead of being accepted into an inevitable driver error;Focused Vitest coverage exercises public allowlisted targets, production missing-allowlist fail-closed behavior, literal private/metadata addresses, DNS-to-private rebinding, non-allowlisted hosts, credentials/fragments, and localhost.
Truth boundary: this is source remediation only. It does not establish deployed cAPI safety or runtime
3003. One remaining review point is the SDK-managed remote-SSE redirect path: the initial destination is validated, but this PR does not claim redirect-hop revalidation inside the MCP SDK. Keep #52 open until that transport behavior is proven fail-closed or remote SSE is constrained accordingly.Keep draft until exact-head test/typecheck/build/security/dependency checks execute and pass. Verify cAPI deployed SHA + protocol identity + listener + Traefik before any downstream runtime claim.
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