fix: harden server-initiated HTTP against SSRF and DNS rebinding

Route all server-initiated outbound HTTP through one SSRF-protected layer:

- Resolve each host once, validate every resolved address (private,
  loopback, link-local, CGNAT 100.64/10, multicast, reserved, unspecified,
  IPv4-mapped IPv6), and reject if any is unsafe.
- Pin the connection to the validated address via curl's RESOLVE option so
  curl cannot re-resolve to a rebound IP (closes the validate-then-connect
  TOCTOU). Uses getaddrinfo so IPv6 records are checked too.
- Add a sync SafeTransport and safehttp.post, and move the webhook and
  recipe-action paths off raw requests.post so they are guarded like the
  scraper.
- Add HTTP_ALLOW_LIST / HTTP_DISALLOW_LIST settings (deny > allow > default)
  so operators can reach an internal server or block extra hosts.

Apprise notifications egress through the third-party library and are not
covered here.

docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 | SECURITY_MAX_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS |    5    | Maximum times a user can provide an invalid password before their account is locked |
 | SECURITY_USER_LOCKOUT_TIME  |   24    | Time in hours for how long a users account is locked                                |
 | ALLOWED_IFRAME_HOSTS        |  `""`   | Comma-separated extra hostnames allowed as `<iframe>` sources in recipe content. Extends the built-in list of trusted video providers (YouTube, Vimeo). Subdomains are included automatically. Only `https` sources are permitted. Adding hosts here opts into rendering embeds from those origins to all viewers, including the public, so add only origins you trust. |
+| HTTP_ALLOW_LIST             |  `""`   | Comma-separated hosts or CIDRs that server-initiated requests (recipe scraping, webhooks, recipe actions) may reach even when they resolve to an otherwise-blocked private/internal address. Use to allow a known internal server. |
+| HTTP_DISALLOW_LIST          |  `""`   | Comma-separated hosts or CIDRs that server-initiated requests may never reach, even if public. Takes precedence over `HTTP_ALLOW_LIST`. |
 
 ### Database
 

mealie/core/settings/settings.py

@@ -173,6 +173,23 @@ class AppSettings(AppLoggingSettings):
         extra = [host.strip().lower() for host in self.ALLOWED_IFRAME_HOSTS.split(",") if host.strip()]
         return list(dict.fromkeys(DEFAULT_ALLOWED_IFRAME_HOSTS + extra))
 
+    HTTP_ALLOW_LIST: str = ""
+    """Comma-separated hosts or CIDRs that server-initiated requests (recipe scraping, webhooks,
+    recipe actions) may reach even if they resolve to an otherwise-blocked private/internal address.
+    Use this to allow a known internal server."""
+
+    HTTP_DISALLOW_LIST: str = ""
+    """Comma-separated hosts or CIDRs that server-initiated requests may never reach, even if public.
+    Takes precedence over `HTTP_ALLOW_LIST`."""
+
+    @property
+    def http_allow_list(self) -> list[str]:
+        return [host.strip() for host in self.HTTP_ALLOW_LIST.split(",") if host.strip()]
+
+    @property
+    def http_disallow_list(self) -> list[str]:
+        return [host.strip() for host in self.HTTP_DISALLOW_LIST.split(",") if host.strip()]
+
     DAILY_SCHEDULE_TIME: str = "23:45"
     """Local server time, in HH:MM format. See `DAILY_SCHEDULE_TIME_UTC` for the parsed UTC equivalent"""
 

mealie/pkgs/safehttp/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-from .transport import AsyncSafeTransport, ForcedTimeoutException, InvalidDomainError
+from .transport import (
+    AsyncSafeTransport,
+    ForcedTimeoutException,
+    InvalidDomainError,
+    SafeTransport,
+    is_blocked_ip,
+    post,
+)
 
 __all__ = [
     "AsyncSafeTransport",
+    "SafeTransport",
     "ForcedTimeoutException",
     "InvalidDomainError",
+    "is_blocked_ip",
+    "post",
 ]

mealie/pkgs/safehttp/transport.py

@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import ipaddress
 import logging
 import socket
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
-from httpx_curl_cffi import AsyncCurlTransport
+from curl_cffi import CurlOpt
+from httpx_curl_cffi import AsyncCurlTransport, CurlTransport
+
+IPAddress = ipaddress.IPv4Address | ipaddress.IPv6Address
+IPNetwork = ipaddress.IPv4Network | ipaddress.IPv6Network
+
+# Carrier-grade NAT. `is_private` does not cover this range on every Python
+# version, so we check it explicitly.
+CGNAT_NETWORK = ipaddress.ip_network("100.64.0.0/10")
 
 
 class ForcedTimeoutException(Exception):
@@ -16,61 +26,179 @@ class ForcedTimeoutException(Exception):
 
 class InvalidDomainError(Exception):
     """
-    Raised when a request is made to a local IP address.
+    Raised when a request targets a disallowed (e.g. local/internal) address.
     """
 
     ...
 
 
-class AsyncSafeTransport(AsyncCurlTransport):
+def _normalize(ip: IPAddress) -> IPAddress:
+    # Unwrap IPv4-mapped IPv6 (e.g. ::ffff:127.0.0.1) so a mapped address can't
+    # dodge the IPv4 checks below.
+    if isinstance(ip, ipaddress.IPv6Address) and ip.ipv4_mapped is not None:
+        return ip.ipv4_mapped
+    return ip
+
+
+def is_blocked_ip(ip: IPAddress) -> bool:
+    """Return True if connecting to this address should never be allowed by default."""
+    ip = _normalize(ip)
+    if ip.is_private or ip.is_loopback or ip.is_link_local or ip.is_multicast or ip.is_reserved or ip.is_unspecified:
+        return True
+    return isinstance(ip, ipaddress.IPv4Address) and ip in CGNAT_NETWORK
+
+
+def _parse_host_list(entries: Sequence[str]) -> tuple[set[str], list[IPNetwork]]:
+    """Split configured entries into exact hostnames and IP networks (CIDRs)."""
+    hosts: set[str] = set()
+    networks: list[IPNetwork] = []
+    for entry in entries:
+        cleaned = entry.strip().lower()
+        if not cleaned:
+            continue
+        try:
+            networks.append(ipaddress.ip_network(cleaned, strict=False))
+        except ValueError:
+            hosts.add(cleaned)
+    return hosts, networks
+
+
+def _matches(host: str, ips: Sequence[IPAddress], hosts: set[str], networks: list[IPNetwork]) -> bool:
+    if host.lower() in hosts:
+        return True
+    for ip in ips:
+        normalized = _normalize(ip)
+        for network in networks:
+            if normalized.version == network.version and normalized in network:
+                return True
+    return False
+
+
+class _SafeTransportMixin:
     """
-    A wrapper around the httpx-curl-cffi transport class that enforces a timeout value
+    Shared SSRF protection for the sync and async curl transports.
-    and that the request is not made to a local IP address.
+
+    On each request it resolves the host once, validates every resolved address,
+    and pins the connection to the validated address(es) via curl's RESOLVE option
+    so curl cannot re-resolve to a different (e.g. rebound) IP.
+
+    Not safe for concurrent requests on a single transport instance: the pin is
+    applied through the shared session. Mealie uses a fresh transport per scrape
+    and per outbound POST, and redirects are followed sequentially.
     """
 
     timeout: int = 15
+    # set by the curl transport base class this mixin is combined with
+    _session: Any
 
-    def __init__(self, log: logging.Logger | None = None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
-        self.timeout = kwargs.pop("timeout", self.timeout)
+        self,
+        *,
+        log: logging.Logger | None = None,
+        allow_hosts: Sequence[str] = (),
+        deny_hosts: Sequence[str] = (),
+        timeout: int | None = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
         self._log = log
+        self._allow = _parse_host_list(allow_hosts)
+        self._deny = _parse_host_list(deny_hosts)
+        if timeout is not None:
+            self.timeout = timeout
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
-    async def handle_async_request(self, request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+    def _validate(self, request: httpx.Request) -> list[str] | None:
-        # override timeout value for _all_ requests
+        """Validate the request target. Returns the curl RESOLVE pins, or None for an IP literal."""
+        # Force our timeout onto every request.
         request.extensions["timeout"] = httpx.Timeout(self.timeout, pool=self.timeout).as_dict()
 
-        # validate the request is not attempting to connect to a local IP
+        host = request.url.host
-        # This is a security measure to prevent SSRF attacks
+        port = request.url.port or (443 if request.url.scheme == "https" else 80)
 
-        ip: ipaddress.IPv4Address | ipaddress.IPv6Address | None = None
+        try:
-
+            literal: IPAddress | None = ipaddress.ip_address(host)
-        netloc = request.url.netloc.decode()
+        except ValueError:
-        if ":" in netloc:  # Either an IP, or a hostname:port combo
+            literal = None
-            netloc_parts = netloc.split(":")
-
-            netloc = netloc_parts[0]
 
+        if literal is not None:
+            ips: list[IPAddress] = [literal]
+        else:
             try:
-                ip = ipaddress.ip_address(netloc)
+                infos = socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, type=socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            except ValueError:
+            except socket.gaierror as e:
-                if self._log:
+                raise InvalidDomainError(f"could not resolve host: {host}") from e
-                    self._log.debug(f"failed to parse ip for {netloc=} falling back to domain resolution")
-                pass
 
-        # Request is a domain or a hostname.
+            ips = []
-        if not ip:
+            seen: set[str] = set()
-            if self._log:
+            for info in infos:
-                self._log.debug(f"resolving IP for domain: {netloc}")
+                addr = str(info[4][0]).split("%")[0]  # drop any IPv6 scope id
+                if addr not in seen:
+                    seen.add(addr)
+                    ips.append(ipaddress.ip_address(addr))
 
-            ip_str = socket.gethostbyname(netloc)
+        deny_hosts, deny_networks = self._deny
-            ip = ipaddress.ip_address(ip_str)
+        if _matches(host, ips, deny_hosts, deny_networks):
+            self._warn(request, "target is on the disallow list")
+            raise InvalidDomainError(f"request blocked by disallow list: {request.url}")
 
-            if self._log:
+        allow_hosts, allow_networks = self._allow
-                self._log.debug(f"resolved IP for domain: {netloc} -> {ip}")
+        if not _matches(host, ips, allow_hosts, allow_networks):
+            for ip in ips:
+                if is_blocked_ip(ip):
+                    self._warn(request, f"resolves to non-public address {ip}")
+                    raise InvalidDomainError(f"invalid request on local resource: {request.url} -> {ip}")
 
-        if ip.is_private:
+        if literal is not None:
-            if self._log:
+            # curl connects straight to the literal address; nothing to pin.
-                self._log.warning(f"invalid request on local resource: {request.url} -> {ip}")
+            return None
-            raise InvalidDomainError(f"invalid request on local resource: {request.url} -> {ip}")
+        return [f"{host}:{port}:{ip}" for ip in ips]
 
+    def _warn(self, request: httpx.Request, reason: str) -> None:
+        if self._log:
+            self._log.warning(f"[safehttp] blocked request to {request.url}: {reason}")
+
+    def _apply_pin(self, resolve: list[str] | None) -> None:
+        # curl_cffi applies the session's curl_options to each request, so setting
+        # RESOLVE here pins this request to the address we just validated.
+        options = self._session.curl_options
+        if resolve:
+            options[CurlOpt.RESOLVE] = resolve
+        else:
+            options.pop(CurlOpt.RESOLVE, None)
+
+
+class AsyncSafeTransport(_SafeTransportMixin, AsyncCurlTransport):
+    """Async curl transport that blocks SSRF and pins the connection to a validated IP."""
+
+    async def handle_async_request(self, request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        resolve = self._validate(request)
+        self._apply_pin(resolve)
         return await super().handle_async_request(request)
+
+
+class SafeTransport(_SafeTransportMixin, CurlTransport):
+    """Sync counterpart of AsyncSafeTransport for server-initiated POSTs (webhooks, recipe actions)."""
+
+    def handle_request(self, request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        resolve = self._validate(request)
+        self._apply_pin(resolve)
+        return super().handle_request(request)
+
+
+def post(
+    url: str,
+    *,
+    json=None,
+    timeout: int = 15,
+    allow_hosts: Sequence[str] = (),
+    deny_hosts: Sequence[str] = (),
+    **kwargs,
+) -> httpx.Response:
+    """Perform a sync POST through the SSRF-protected transport.
+
+    Drop-in for `requests.post(url, json=..., timeout=...)` on server-initiated
+    requests to user-supplied URLs. Redirects are followed and re-validated per hop.
+    """
+    transport = SafeTransport(allow_hosts=allow_hosts, deny_hosts=deny_hosts, timeout=timeout)
+    with httpx.Client(transport=transport, follow_redirects=True) as client:
+        return client.post(url, json=json, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)

mealie/routes/households/controller_group_recipe_actions.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 
-import requests
 from fastapi import APIRouter, BackgroundTasks, Body, Depends, HTTPException, status
 from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
 from pydantic import UUID4
 
+from mealie.core.config import get_app_settings
 from mealie.core.exceptions import NoEntryFound
+from mealie.pkgs import safehttp
 from mealie.routes._base.base_controllers import BaseUserController
 from mealie.routes._base.controller import controller
 from mealie.routes._base.mixins import HttpRepo
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class GroupRecipeActionController(BaseUserController):
             )
 
         if recipe_action.action_type == GroupRecipeActionType.post.value:
-            task_action = requests.post
+            task_action = safehttp.post
         else:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
@@ -95,10 +96,13 @@ class GroupRecipeActionController(BaseUserController):
                 detail=ErrorResponse.respond(message="Not found."),
             ) from e
 
+        settings = get_app_settings()
         payload = GroupRecipeActionPayload(action=recipe_action, content=recipe, recipe_scale=recipe_scale)
         bg_tasks.add_task(
             task_action,
             url=recipe_action.url,
             json=jsonable_encoder(payload.model_dump()),
             timeout=15,
+            allow_hosts=settings.http_allow_list,
+            deny_hosts=settings.http_disallow_list,
         )

mealie/services/event_bus_service/publisher.py

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from typing import Protocol
 
 import apprise
-import requests
 from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
 
+from mealie.core.config import get_app_settings
+from mealie.pkgs import safehttp
 from mealie.services.event_bus_service.event_types import Event
 
 
@@ -43,7 +44,14 @@ class WebhookPublisher:
 
     def publish(self, event: Event, notification_urls: list[str]):
         event_payload = jsonable_encoder(event)
+        settings = get_app_settings()
         for url in notification_urls:
-            r = requests.post(url, json=event_payload, timeout=15)
+            r = safehttp.post(
+                url,
+                json=event_payload,
+                timeout=15,
+                allow_hosts=settings.http_allow_list,
+                deny_hosts=settings.http_disallow_list,
+            )
             if self.hard_fail:
                 r.raise_for_status()

mealie/services/recipe/recipe_data_service.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from httpx import AsyncClient, Response
 from pydantic import UUID4
 
+from mealie.core.config import get_app_settings
 from mealie.pkgs import img, safehttp
 from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe import Recipe
 from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_image_types import RecipeImageTypes
@@ -31,17 +32,26 @@ async def largest_content_len(urls: list[str]) -> tuple[str, int]:
 
     max_concurrency = 10
 
-    async def do(client: AsyncClient, url: str) -> Response:
+    settings = get_app_settings()
-        return await client.head(url)
 
-    async with AsyncClient(transport=safehttp.AsyncSafeTransport(impersonate="chrome")) as client:
+    async def do(url: str) -> Response:
-        tasks = [do(client, url) for url in urls]
+        # A dedicated transport per request: the safe transport pins each request
-        responses: list[Response] = await gather_with_concurrency(max_concurrency, *tasks, ignore_exceptions=True)
+        # through its session, so it must not be shared across concurrent requests.
-        for response in responses:
+        transport = safehttp.AsyncSafeTransport(
-            len_int = int(response.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+            allow_hosts=settings.http_allow_list,
-            if len_int > largest_len:
+            deny_hosts=settings.http_disallow_list,
-                largest_url = str(response.url)
+            impersonate="chrome",
-                largest_len = len_int
+        )
+        async with AsyncClient(transport=transport) as client:
+            return await client.head(url)
+
+    tasks = [do(url) for url in urls]
+    responses: list[Response] = await gather_with_concurrency(max_concurrency, *tasks, ignore_exceptions=True)
+    for response in responses:
+        len_int = int(response.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+        if len_int > largest_len:
+            largest_url = str(response.url)
+            largest_len = len_int
 
     return largest_url, largest_len
 
@@ -146,7 +156,13 @@ class RecipeDataService(BaseService):
         file_name = f"{self.recipe_id!s}.{ext}"
         file_path = Recipe.directory_from_id(self.recipe_id).joinpath("images", file_name)
 
-        async with AsyncClient(transport=safehttp.AsyncSafeTransport(impersonate="chrome")) as client:
+        settings = get_app_settings()
+        transport = safehttp.AsyncSafeTransport(
+            allow_hosts=settings.http_allow_list,
+            deny_hosts=settings.http_disallow_list,
+            impersonate="chrome",
+        )
+        async with AsyncClient(transport=transport) as client:
             try:
                 r = await client.get(image_url_str)
             except Exception:

mealie/services/scraper/scraper_strategies.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from w3lib.html import get_base_url
 from yt_dlp.extractor.generic import GenericIE
 
 from mealie.core import exceptions
+from mealie.core.config import get_app_settings
 from mealie.core.dependencies.dependencies import get_temporary_path
 from mealie.core.root_logger import get_logger
 from mealie.lang.providers import Translator
@@ -76,7 +77,10 @@ async def safe_scrape_html(url: str) -> str:
         html_bytes = b""
         response = None
 
+        settings = get_app_settings()
         transport = safehttp.AsyncSafeTransport(
+            allow_hosts=settings.http_allow_list,
+            deny_hosts=settings.http_disallow_list,
             impersonate=impersonation,
             default_headers=True,
             verify=False,  # disable SSL verification since we can handle untrusted data and some sites don't have certs

tests/integration_tests/user_household_tests/test_group_recipe_actions.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
 import pytest
-import requests
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
+from mealie.pkgs import safehttp
 from mealie.schema.household.group_recipe_action import (
     CreateGroupRecipeAction,
     GroupRecipeActionOut,
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ from tests.utils.fixture_schemas import TestUser
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def mock_requests_post(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+def mock_outbound_post(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
-    monkeypatch.setattr(requests, "post", lambda *args, **kwargs: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(safehttp, "post", lambda *args, **kwargs: None)
 
 
 def create_action(action_type: GroupRecipeActionType = GroupRecipeActionType.link) -> CreateGroupRecipeAction:

tests/integration_tests/user_household_tests/test_group_webhooks.py

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def test_delete_webhook(api_client: TestClient, webhook_data, unique_user: TestU
 def test_post_test_webhook(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, api_client: TestClient, unique_user: TestUser, webhook_data
 ):
-    # Mock the requests.post to avoid actual HTTP calls
+    # Mock the outbound post to avoid actual HTTP calls
     class MockResponse:
         status_code = 200
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_post_test_webhook(
         mock_calls.append((args, kwargs))
         return MockResponse()
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr("mealie.services.event_bus_service.publisher.requests.post", mock_post)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mealie.services.event_bus_service.publisher.safehttp.post", mock_post)
 
     # Create a webhook and post it
     response = api_client.post(
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_post_test_webhook(
     test_message = "This is a test webhook message"
     post_test_webhook(webhook, test_message)
 
-    # Verify that requests.post was called with the correct parameters
+    # Verify that the outbound post was called with the correct parameters
     assert len(mock_calls) == 1
     args, kwargs = mock_calls[0]
 

tests/unit_tests/pkgs/test_safehttp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+import http.server
+import ipaddress
+import socket
+import threading
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from mealie.pkgs import safehttp
+from mealie.pkgs.safehttp import transport as safehttp_transport
+from mealie.pkgs.safehttp.transport import (
+    AsyncSafeTransport,
+    InvalidDomainError,
+    is_blocked_ip,
+)
+
+
+def _request(url: str) -> httpx.Request:
+    return httpx.Request("GET", url)
+
+
+def _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ips: list[str]) -> None:
+    def fake_getaddrinfo(host, port, *args, **kwargs):
+        return [(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 6, "", (ip, port)) for ip in ips]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(safehttp_transport.socket, "getaddrinfo", fake_getaddrinfo)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("ip", "blocked"),
+    [
+        ("8.8.8.8", False),
+        ("2606:4700:4700::1111", False),
+        ("10.0.0.1", True),
+        ("172.16.5.5", True),
+        ("192.168.1.1", True),
+        ("127.0.0.1", True),
+        ("169.254.169.254", True),  # cloud metadata / link-local
+        ("100.64.0.1", True),  # CGNAT, not covered by is_private on all versions
+        ("0.0.0.0", True),
+        ("224.0.0.1", True),  # multicast
+        ("::1", True),
+        ("fe80::1", True),
+        ("fc00::1", True),
+        ("::ffff:127.0.0.1", True),  # IPv4-mapped loopback
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_blocked_ip(ip: str, blocked: bool):
+    assert is_blocked_ip(ipaddress.ip_address(ip)) is blocked
+
+
+def test_blocks_host_resolving_to_private(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["10.0.0.5"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+        transport._validate(_request("https://evil.example/"))
+
+
+def test_allows_public_host_and_returns_pin(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["93.184.216.34"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    resolve = transport._validate(_request("https://example.test/path"))
+    assert resolve == ["example.test:443:93.184.216.34"]
+
+
+def test_pin_covers_all_resolved_addresses(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["93.184.216.34", "93.184.216.35"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    resolve = transport._validate(_request("http://example.test/"))
+    assert resolve == ["example.test:80:93.184.216.34", "example.test:80:93.184.216.35"]
+
+
+def test_rejects_when_any_resolved_address_is_unsafe(monkeypatch):
+    # one public, one private -> reject the whole request
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["93.184.216.34", "127.0.0.1"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+        transport._validate(_request("https://mixed.example/"))
+
+
+def test_ip_literal_public_needs_no_pin():
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    assert transport._validate(_request("https://93.184.216.34/")) is None
+
+
+def test_ip_literal_metadata_blocked():
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+        transport._validate(_request("http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/"))
+
+
+def test_ipv6_resolution_is_validated(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["::1"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+        transport._validate(_request("https://v6.example/"))
+
+
+def test_allow_list_bypasses_block(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["10.0.0.5"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport(allow_hosts=["internal.example"])
+    resolve = transport._validate(_request("https://internal.example/"))
+    assert resolve == ["internal.example:443:10.0.0.5"]
+
+
+def test_allow_list_cidr_bypasses_block(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["10.1.2.3"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport(allow_hosts=["10.0.0.0/8"])
+    assert transport._validate(_request("https://internal.example/")) == ["internal.example:443:10.1.2.3"]
+
+
+def test_deny_list_overrides_allow(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["93.184.216.34"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport(allow_hosts=["blocked.example"], deny_hosts=["blocked.example"])
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+        transport._validate(_request("https://blocked.example/"))
+
+
+def test_deny_list_blocks_public_host(monkeypatch):
+    _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["93.184.216.34"])
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport(deny_hosts=["93.184.216.0/24"])
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+        transport._validate(_request("https://public.example/"))
+
+
+def test_unresolvable_host_is_rejected(monkeypatch):
+    def boom(host, port, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise socket.gaierror("no such host")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(safehttp_transport.socket, "getaddrinfo", boom)
+    transport = AsyncSafeTransport()
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+        transport._validate(_request("https://nope.invalid/"))
+
+
+class _LocalServer:
+    def __init__(self):
+        class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+            def do_GET(self):
+                self.send_response(200)
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(b"OK")
+
+            def do_POST(self):
+                self.send_response(200)
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(b"OK")
+
+            def log_message(self, *args):
+                pass
+
+        self.server = http.server.HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), Handler)
+        self.port = self.server.server_address[1]
+        self.thread = threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.thread.start()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc):
+        self.server.shutdown()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_transport_pins_connection_to_validated_ip(monkeypatch):
+    with _LocalServer() as server:
+        # host does not really resolve to localhost; the resolver + pin make it so
+        _patch_resolver(monkeypatch, ["127.0.0.1"])
+        transport = AsyncSafeTransport(allow_hosts=["pinned.example"])
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport) as client:
+            resp = await client.get(f"http://pinned.example:{server.port}/")
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.text == "OK"
+
+
+def test_sync_post_blocks_loopback_by_default():
+    with _LocalServer() as server:
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidDomainError):
+            safehttp.post(f"http://127.0.0.1:{server.port}/", json={"x": 1})
+
+
+def test_sync_post_allows_configured_host():
+    with _LocalServer() as server:
+        resp = safehttp.post(
+            f"http://127.0.0.1:{server.port}/",
+            json={"x": 1},
+            allow_hosts=["127.0.0.1"],
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 200