fix(security): allow loopback hosts for loopback providerURL (#154)

Issue #154: a providerURL that points at a localhost IdP caused an
infinite redirect loop. validateHost rejected loopback hosts
unconditionally, so buildAuthURL returned an empty string.

Derive allowLoopbackHosts from a loopback providerURL at construction
time. Discovery validation already used this derivation, so the two
validation layers now agree. This adds no new config surface.

Cloud metadata hosts (169.254.169.254, metadata.google.internal),
link-local, and unspecified addresses stay blocked unconditionally.
Non-loopback providers keep identical behaviour.

Add issue154_regression_test.go: 8 tests pin the new allowance, the
default block, and the security envelope.
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2026-08-09 00:47:25 +01:00
parent edb7174cc8
commit 78b6f193b3
5 changed files with 452 additions and 95 deletions
+20 -7
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@@ -390,8 +390,15 @@ func (t *TraefikOidc) validateHost(host string) error {
ip := net.ParseIP(hostname)
if ip != nil {
// Always block loopback, link-local, and multicast addresses
if ip.IsLoopback() || ip.IsLinkLocalUnicast() || ip.IsLinkLocalMulticast() {
// Loopback addresses are blocked by default, but allowed when the
// plugin was constructed with a loopback providerURL (local
// development) — see allowLoopbackHosts.
if ip.IsLoopback() && !t.allowLoopbackHosts {
return fmt.Errorf("access to loopback/link-local IP addresses is not allowed: %s", ip.String())
}
// Link-local and multicast addresses are always blocked.
if ip.IsLinkLocalUnicast() || ip.IsLinkLocalMulticast() {
return fmt.Errorf("access to loopback/link-local IP addresses is not allowed: %s", ip.String())
}
@@ -405,16 +412,22 @@ func (t *TraefikOidc) validateHost(host string) error {
}
}
dangerousHosts := map[string]bool{
"localhost": true,
"127.0.0.1": true,
"::1": true,
// Always blocked regardless of allowLoopbackHosts: these have no IP-branch
// backstop (net.ParseIP returns nil for hostnames), so bypassing them
// would open an SSRF path to the cloud metadata service.
alwaysDangerousHosts := map[string]bool{
"0.0.0.0": true,
"169.254.169.254": true,
"metadata.google.internal": true,
}
if dangerousHosts[strings.ToLower(hostname)] {
if alwaysDangerousHosts[strings.ToLower(hostname)] {
return fmt.Errorf("access to dangerous hostname is not allowed: %s", hostname)
}
// localhost/loopback literals are blocked unless allowLoopbackHosts
// permits them (see allowLoopbackHosts doc comment on TraefikOidc).
if !t.allowLoopbackHosts && isLoopbackHost(hostname) {
return fmt.Errorf("access to dangerous hostname is not allowed: %s", hostname)
}