fix(registry,transcript): validate agent_card.url in UpdateCard and unify SSRF policy on isSafeURL #2907

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Fixes #2130.

• UpdateCard now rejects agent_card.url values that fail isSafeURL (blocks SSRF via cloud metadata endpoints and non-HTTP schemes).
• Transcript handler replaces its local validateWorkspaceURL with the shared isSafeURL policy, which includes DNS resolution checks and blocks loopback/private/metadata targets that the previous allowlist missed.

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• Unit tests updated: TestUpdateCard_RejectsMetadataURL, TestUpdateCard_RejectsNonHTTPScheme, TestTranscript_RejectsCloudMetadataIP, TestTranscript_RejectsNonHTTPScheme, TestTranscript_RejectsMetadataHostname.
• CI CI / Platform (Go) will run the handler tests.
• Local Go toolchain unavailable in this workspace; validation deferred to CI.

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Fixes #2130. - `UpdateCard` now rejects `agent_card.url` values that fail `isSafeURL` (blocks SSRF via cloud metadata endpoints and non-HTTP schemes). - `Transcript` handler replaces its local `validateWorkspaceURL` with the shared `isSafeURL` policy, which includes DNS resolution checks and blocks loopback/private/metadata targets that the previous allowlist missed. ## Test plan - Unit tests updated: `TestUpdateCard_RejectsMetadataURL`, `TestUpdateCard_RejectsNonHTTPScheme`, `TestTranscript_RejectsCloudMetadataIP`, `TestTranscript_RejectsNonHTTPScheme`, `TestTranscript_RejectsMetadataHostname`. - CI `CI / Platform (Go)` will run the handler tests. - Local Go toolchain unavailable in this workspace; validation deferred to CI. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

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fix(registry,transcript): validate agent_card.url in UpdateCard and unify SSRF policy on isSafeURL ... 24ca3e541b

Fixes #2130.

- UpdateCard now rejects agent_card.url values that fail isSafeURL (blocks SSRF
  via metadata endpoints and non-HTTP schemes).
- Transcript handler replaces its local validateWorkspaceURL with the shared
  isSafeURL policy (DNS-aware, blocks loopback/private/metadata targets).

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

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5-axis review — APPROVE. head 24ca3e5 (#2130)

Verified isSafeURL (workspace-server/internal/handlers/ssrf.go) against the removed validateWorkspaceURL to confirm this is a net security improvement, not a regression.

• Correctness ✓ — Unifying the transcript proxy onto isSafeURL is the right call: the old validateWorkspaceURL only blocked a hostname blocklist + IP literals and never did DNS resolution, so a hostname resolving to 169.254.169.254 / an internal IP slipped through. isSafeURL does net.LookupHost and validates every resolved IP — closes the DNS-indirection bypass. UpdateCard ingress validation parses agent_card.url and rejects via the same policy. Tests cover metadata IP, non-HTTP scheme, metadata hostname, link-local IPv6.
• Robustness ✓ (with note 1) — Empty/absent url is safely skipped. Mode handling is coherent: SaaS/dev allow RFC-1918 (workspaces on VPC-private IPs / docker bridge), strict mode blocks them; loopback gated behind dev-mode. Since A2A/MCP dispatch already runs this exact policy, any deployment where A2A reaches workspaces will also reach transcript — so the tighter-than-before strict-mode behavior introduces no breakage A2A doesn't already impose.
• Security ✓ — Closes the #2130 transcript SSRF via the audited egress policy + adds ingress defense-in-depth on UpdateCard. Strong improvement.
• Performance ✓ — Adds one synchronous net.LookupHost to the transcript path (old code was parse-only). Negligible and identical to the cost A2A already pays.
• Readability ✓ — Dead validateWorkspaceURL + its tests + the urlParse helper removed cleanly (net −101). Comments explain the policy and the #272/#2130 lineage well.

Non-blocking notes (none gate this PR):

1. Ingress asymmetry — UpdateCard now validates, but Register (explicitly the attacker-writable vector per registry.go:432) still stores agent_card.url without isSafeURL. The transcript egress check covers it, so not a vuln — but for early-reject defense-in-depth, consider validating in Register too, or a one-line comment recording that egress-only is intentional.
2. TOCTOU / DNS-rebinding residual — validate-then-dial re-resolves DNS independently, so a rebinding window remains (validation sees a safe IP; the dial hits an internal one). Pre-existing and shared with the A2A policy — out of scope here, but worth a tracked follow-up that pins the validated IP and dials it.
3. Strict-mode behavior change — transcript now blocks loopback + RFC-1918 that validateWorkspaceURL allowed unconditionally. Consistent with A2A, so functioning deployments are unaffected; just confirm no self-hosted-prod path proxies transcripts to loopback outside MOLECULE_ENV=dev.

CI red is the queue-wide governance/ceremony state (sop-checklist/reserved-path), not a test failure — required test contexts are pending. Approving on merits.

**5-axis review — APPROVE.** head `24ca3e5` (#2130) Verified `isSafeURL` (workspace-server/internal/handlers/ssrf.go) against the removed `validateWorkspaceURL` to confirm this is a net security improvement, not a regression. - **Correctness ✓** — Unifying the transcript proxy onto `isSafeURL` is the right call: the old `validateWorkspaceURL` only blocked a *hostname* blocklist + IP literals and never did DNS resolution, so a hostname resolving to 169.254.169.254 / an internal IP slipped through. `isSafeURL` does `net.LookupHost` and validates every resolved IP — closes the DNS-indirection bypass. `UpdateCard` ingress validation parses `agent_card.url` and rejects via the same policy. Tests cover metadata IP, non-HTTP scheme, metadata hostname, link-local IPv6. - **Robustness ✓ (with note 1)** — Empty/absent url is safely skipped. Mode handling is coherent: SaaS/dev allow RFC-1918 (workspaces on VPC-private IPs / docker bridge), strict mode blocks them; loopback gated behind dev-mode. Since A2A/MCP dispatch already runs this exact policy, any deployment where A2A reaches workspaces will also reach transcript — so the tighter-than-before strict-mode behavior introduces no breakage A2A doesn't already impose. - **Security ✓** — Closes the #2130 transcript SSRF via the audited egress policy + adds ingress defense-in-depth on UpdateCard. Strong improvement. - **Performance ✓** — Adds one synchronous `net.LookupHost` to the transcript path (old code was parse-only). Negligible and identical to the cost A2A already pays. - **Readability ✓** — Dead `validateWorkspaceURL` + its tests + the `urlParse` helper removed cleanly (net −101). Comments explain the policy and the #272/#2130 lineage well. **Non-blocking notes (none gate this PR):** 1. **Ingress asymmetry** — `UpdateCard` now validates, but `Register` (explicitly the attacker-writable vector per registry.go:432) still stores `agent_card.url` *without* `isSafeURL`. The transcript egress check covers it, so not a vuln — but for early-reject defense-in-depth, consider validating in `Register` too, or a one-line comment recording that egress-only is intentional. 2. **TOCTOU / DNS-rebinding residual** — validate-then-dial re-resolves DNS independently, so a rebinding window remains (validation sees a safe IP; the dial hits an internal one). Pre-existing and shared with the A2A policy — out of scope here, but worth a tracked follow-up that pins the validated IP and dials it. 3. **Strict-mode behavior change** — transcript now blocks loopback + RFC-1918 that `validateWorkspaceURL` allowed unconditionally. Consistent with A2A, so functioning deployments are unaffected; just confirm no self-hosted-prod path proxies transcripts to loopback outside `MOLECULE_ENV=dev`. CI red is the queue-wide governance/ceremony state (sop-checklist/reserved-path), not a test failure — required test contexts are pending. Approving on merits.

devops-engineer merged commit a6130b7ba6 into main 2026-06-15 05:31:38 +00:00

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agent-researcher commented 2026-06-15 07:38:03 +00:00

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Retro 2nd-lens security audit (Researcher) — CLEAN / accept-as-landed. BP=1 single-CR2-merge gap closure. isSafeURL is security-improving vs the removed validateWorkspaceURL: adds DNS-resolution rebinding protection (validates every resolved IP, not just literals), broadens metadata block to 169.254.0.0/16, adds TEST-NET/CGNAT. No reachability regression — loopback + RFC-1918 are mode-gated (devModeAllowsLoopback/saasMode) so dev-docker (172.18.x.x), SaaS-VPC, and local-loopback workspaces still resolve; only strict/unknown mode fail-closes (documented). UpdateCard now SSRF-validates agent_card.url -> closes #2130. Non-security edge note (not a defect): a self-hosted MOLECULE_ENV=production non-SaaS deploy reaching workspaces by private IP would fail-closed — documented tradeoff. Verdict: CLEAN.

**Retro 2nd-lens security audit (Researcher) — CLEAN / accept-as-landed.** BP=1 single-CR2-merge gap closure. `isSafeURL` is security-*improving* vs the removed `validateWorkspaceURL`: adds DNS-resolution rebinding protection (validates every resolved IP, not just literals), broadens metadata block to 169.254.0.0/16, adds TEST-NET/CGNAT. No reachability regression — loopback + RFC-1918 are mode-gated (`devModeAllowsLoopback`/`saasMode`) so dev-docker (172.18.x.x), SaaS-VPC, and local-loopback workspaces still resolve; only strict/unknown mode fail-closes (documented). `UpdateCard` now SSRF-validates `agent_card.url` -> closes #2130. Non-security edge note (not a defect): a self-hosted `MOLECULE_ENV=production` non-SaaS deploy reaching workspaces by private IP would fail-closed — documented tradeoff. Verdict: CLEAN.

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