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Agent URL fetchers: enforce destination policy across DNS and redirects

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A URL string check is insufficient for SSRF defense; enforce permitted destinations at connection time and control redirects.

Applies when
Server-side URL fetch tools and agents with network access
Tested environment
Design guidance reviewed 2026-11-07; no SSRF test executed

A fetch tool can turn model-selected or retrieved URLs into requests from a more privileged network location. Treat destination selection as a security decision.

For known integrations, allowlist intended schemes, hosts, ports, and destinations. Parse URLs with a maintained library. Disable automatic redirects unless every hop receives equivalent validation. Account for IPv4 and IPv6 and DNS changes between validation and connection. Use network-level egress restrictions as a second boundary; deny unintended internal and metadata-service access. Public-web fetchers need a policy suited to broader destinations rather than a fictional fixed-host allowlist.

Proposed sandbox cases: allowed destination, forbidden port, internal address, IPv6 loopback, redirect to a blocked target, and changed DNS resolution. Assert on the actual connection destination, not only the parser output. Use controlled fixtures and never probe a third-party internal service.

Evidence: source-based design checklist. No network isolation, redirect, or rebinding defense was tested here.

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