fix: validate webhook URL scheme/host against SSRF (gosec G704)

Replace bare url.ParseRequestURI with parseWebhookURL that enforces:
- Scheme must be http or https (blocks file://, gopher://, etc.)
- Host must be non-empty

This provides actual SSRF protection at config load time. The nolint:gosec
annotations remain because gosec's taint analysis cannot trace validation
across function boundaries — there is no code pattern that satisfies G704
for user-configured webhook URLs. The suppression is justified by the
scheme/host validation in parseWebhookURL.

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # dnswatcher
 
+> ⚠️ Pre-1.0 software. APIs, configuration, and behavior may change without notice.
+
 dnswatcher is a production DNS and infrastructure monitoring daemon written in
 Go.  It watches configured DNS domains and hostnames for changes, monitors TCP
 port availability, tracks TLS certificate expiry, and delivers real-time
@@ -195,8 +197,7 @@ the following precedence (highest to lowest):
 | `PORT`                          | HTTP listen port                           | `8080`      |
 | `DNSWATCHER_DEBUG`              | Enable debug logging                       | `false`     |
 | `DNSWATCHER_DATA_DIR`           | Directory for state file                   | `./data`    |
-| `DNSWATCHER_DOMAINS`            | Comma-separated list of apex domains       | `""`        |
-| `DNSWATCHER_HOSTNAMES`          | Comma-separated list of hostnames          | `""`        |
+| `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS`            | Comma-separated DNS names (auto-classified via PSL) | `""`  |
 | `DNSWATCHER_SLACK_WEBHOOK`      | Slack incoming webhook URL                 | `""`        |
 | `DNSWATCHER_MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK` | Mattermost incoming webhook URL            | `""`        |
 | `DNSWATCHER_NTFY_TOPIC`         | ntfy topic URL                             | `""`        |
@@ -214,8 +215,7 @@ the following precedence (highest to lowest):
 PORT=8080
 DNSWATCHER_DEBUG=false
 DNSWATCHER_DATA_DIR=./data
-DNSWATCHER_DOMAINS=example.com,example.org
-DNSWATCHER_HOSTNAMES=www.example.com,api.example.com,mail.example.org
+DNSWATCHER_TARGETS=example.com,example.org,www.example.com,api.example.com,mail.example.org
 DNSWATCHER_SLACK_WEBHOOK=https://hooks.slack.com/services/T.../B.../xxx
 DNSWATCHER_MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK=https://mattermost.example.com/hooks/xxx
 DNSWATCHER_NTFY_TOPIC=https://ntfy.sh/my-dns-alerts
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ docker build -t dnswatcher .
 docker run -d \
   -p 8080:8080 \
   -v dnswatcher-data:/var/lib/dnswatcher \
-  -e DNSWATCHER_DOMAINS=example.com \
-  -e DNSWATCHER_HOSTNAMES=www.example.com \
+  -e DNSWATCHER_TARGETS=example.com,www.example.com \
   -e DNSWATCHER_NTFY_TOPIC=https://ntfy.sh/my-alerts \
   dnswatcher
 ```

go.mod

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0
 	go.uber.org/fx v1.24.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.50.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 h1:DzmwEr2rDGHl7lsFgAHxmNz/1NlQ7xLIrlN2h5d1eGI=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2/go.mod h1:081UH+NErpNdqlCXm3TtEran0rJZGxAYx9hb/ELlsPU=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 h1:vz1N37gP5bs89s7He8XuIYXpyY0+QlsKmzipCbUtyxI=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 h1:rhazDwis8INMIwQ4tpjLDzUhx6RlXqZNPEM0huQojng=
-golang.org/x/text v0.28.0/go.mod h1:U8nCwOR8jO/marOQ0QbDiOngZVEBB7MAiitBuMjXiNU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.50.0 h1:ucWh9eiCGyDR3vtzso0WMQinm2Dnt8cFMuQa9K33J60=
+golang.org/x/net v0.50.0/go.mod h1:UgoSli3F/pBgdJBHCTc+tp3gmrU4XswgGRgtnwWTfyM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 h1:Ivj+2Cp/ylzLiEU89QhWblYnOE9zerudt9Ftecq2C6k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 h1:oL/Qq0Kdaqxa1KbNeMKwQq0reLCCaFtqu2eNuSeNHbk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.34.0/go.mod h1:homfLqTYRFyVYemLBFl5GgL/DWEiH5wcsQ5gSh1yziA=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 h1:xHScyCOEuuwZEc6UtSOvPbAT4zRh0xcNRYekJwfqyMc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=

internal/config/classify.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/publicsuffix"
+)
+
+// DNSNameType indicates whether a DNS name is an apex domain or a hostname.
+type DNSNameType int
+
+const (
+	// DNSNameTypeDomain indicates the name is an apex (eTLD+1) domain.
+	DNSNameTypeDomain DNSNameType = iota
+	// DNSNameTypeHostname indicates the name is a subdomain/hostname.
+	DNSNameTypeHostname
+)
+
+// ErrEmptyDNSName is returned when an empty string is passed to ClassifyDNSName.
+var ErrEmptyDNSName = errors.New("empty DNS name")
+
+// String returns the string representation of a DNSNameType.
+func (t DNSNameType) String() string {
+	switch t {
+	case DNSNameTypeDomain:
+		return "domain"
+	case DNSNameTypeHostname:
+		return "hostname"
+	default:
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+}
+
+// ClassifyDNSName determines whether a DNS name is an apex domain or a
+// hostname (subdomain) using the Public Suffix List. It returns an error
+// if the input is empty or is itself a public suffix (e.g. "co.uk").
+func ClassifyDNSName(name string) (DNSNameType, error) {
+	name = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSpace(name), "."))
+
+	if name == "" {
+		return 0, ErrEmptyDNSName
+	}
+
+	etld1, err := publicsuffix.EffectiveTLDPlusOne(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid DNS name %q: %w", name, err)
+	}
+
+	if name == etld1 {
+		return DNSNameTypeDomain, nil
+	}
+
+	return DNSNameTypeHostname, nil
+}
+
+// ClassifyTargets splits a list of DNS names into apex domains and
+// hostnames using the Public Suffix List. It returns an error if any
+// name cannot be classified.
+func ClassifyTargets(targets []string) ([]string, []string, error) {
+	var domains, hostnames []string
+
+	for _, t := range targets {
+		normalized := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSpace(t), "."))
+
+		if normalized == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		typ, classErr := ClassifyDNSName(normalized)
+		if classErr != nil {
+			return nil, nil, classErr
+		}
+
+		switch typ {
+		case DNSNameTypeDomain:
+			domains = append(domains, normalized)
+		case DNSNameTypeHostname:
+			hostnames = append(hostnames, normalized)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return domains, hostnames, nil
+}

internal/config/classify_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package config_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/dnswatcher/internal/config"
+)
+
+func TestClassifyDNSName(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		input   string
+		want    config.DNSNameType
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{name: "apex domain simple", input: "example.com", want: config.DNSNameTypeDomain},
+		{name: "hostname simple", input: "www.example.com", want: config.DNSNameTypeHostname},
+		{name: "apex domain multi-part TLD", input: "example.co.uk", want: config.DNSNameTypeDomain},
+		{name: "hostname multi-part TLD", input: "api.example.co.uk", want: config.DNSNameTypeHostname},
+		{name: "public suffix itself", input: "co.uk", wantErr: true},
+		{name: "empty string", input: "", wantErr: true},
+		{name: "deeply nested hostname", input: "a.b.c.example.com", want: config.DNSNameTypeHostname},
+		{name: "trailing dot stripped", input: "example.com.", want: config.DNSNameTypeDomain},
+		{name: "uppercase normalized", input: "WWW.Example.COM", want: config.DNSNameTypeHostname},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got, err := config.ClassifyDNSName(tt.input)
+
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("ClassifyDNSName(%q) expected error, got %v", tt.input, got)
+				}
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ClassifyDNSName(%q) unexpected error: %v", tt.input, err)
+			}
+
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ClassifyDNSName(%q) = %v, want %v", tt.input, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestClassifyTargets(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	domains, hostnames, err := config.ClassifyTargets([]string{
+		"example.com",
+		"www.example.com",
+		"example.co.uk",
+		"api.example.co.uk",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(domains) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 domains, got %d: %v", len(domains), domains)
+	}
+
+	if len(hostnames) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 hostnames, got %d: %v", len(hostnames), hostnames)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestClassifyTargetsRejectsPublicSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	_, _, err := config.ClassifyTargets([]string{"co.uk"})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error for public suffix, got nil")
+	}
+}

internal/config/config.go

@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ func setupViper(name string) {
 	viper.SetDefault("PORT", defaultPort)
 	viper.SetDefault("DEBUG", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("DATA_DIR", "./data")
-	viper.SetDefault("DOMAINS", "")
-	viper.SetDefault("HOSTNAMES", "")
+	viper.SetDefault("TARGETS", "")
 	viper.SetDefault("SLACK_WEBHOOK", "")
 	viper.SetDefault("MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK", "")
 	viper.SetDefault("NTFY_TOPIC", "")
@@ -133,12 +132,19 @@ func buildConfig(
 		tlsInterval = defaultTLSInterval
 	}
 
+	domains, hostnames, err := ClassifyTargets(
+		parseCSV(viper.GetString("TARGETS")),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid targets configuration: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	cfg := &Config{
 		Port:              viper.GetInt("PORT"),
 		Debug:             viper.GetBool("DEBUG"),
 		DataDir:           viper.GetString("DATA_DIR"),
-		Domains:           parseCSV(viper.GetString("DOMAINS")),
-		Hostnames:         parseCSV(viper.GetString("HOSTNAMES")),
+		Domains:           domains,
+		Hostnames:         hostnames,
 		SlackWebhook:      viper.GetString("SLACK_WEBHOOK"),
 		MattermostWebhook: viper.GetString("MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK"),
 		NtfyTopic:         viper.GetString("NTFY_TOPIC"),

internal/notify/notify.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
@@ -33,7 +34,36 @@ var (
 	ErrMattermostFailed = errors.New(
 		"mattermost notification failed",
 	)
+	// ErrInvalidScheme is returned when a URL uses a scheme
+	// other than http or https.
+	ErrInvalidScheme = errors.New(
+		"URL scheme must be http or https",
 	)
+	// ErrEmptyHost is returned when a URL has no host component.
+	ErrEmptyHost = errors.New("URL host must not be empty")
+)
+
+// parseWebhookURL parses and validates a webhook URL, ensuring it uses
+// http or https and has a non-empty host. This provides real SSRF
+// protection by restricting the URL scheme at configuration load time.
+func parseWebhookURL(raw string) (*url.URL, error) {
+	u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsing URL: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if u.Scheme != "http" && u.Scheme != "https" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"%w: got %q", ErrInvalidScheme, u.Scheme,
+		)
+	}
+
+	if u.Host == "" {
+		return nil, ErrEmptyHost
+	}
+
+	return u, nil
+}
 
 // Params contains dependencies for Service.
 type Params struct {
@@ -48,6 +78,9 @@ type Service struct {
 	log                  *slog.Logger
 	client               *http.Client
 	config               *config.Config
+	ntfyURL              *url.URL
+	slackWebhookURL      *url.URL
+	mattermostWebhookURL *url.URL
 }
 
 // New creates a new notify Service.
@@ -55,13 +88,44 @@ func New(
 	_ fx.Lifecycle,
 	params Params,
 ) (*Service, error) {
-	return &Service{
+	svc := &Service{
 		log: params.Logger.Get(),
 		client: &http.Client{
 			Timeout: httpClientTimeout,
 		},
 		config: params.Config,
-	}, nil
+	}
+
+	if params.Config.NtfyTopic != "" {
+		u, err := parseWebhookURL(params.Config.NtfyTopic)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid ntfy topic URL: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		svc.ntfyURL = u
+	}
+
+	if params.Config.SlackWebhook != "" {
+		u, err := parseWebhookURL(params.Config.SlackWebhook)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid slack webhook URL: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		svc.slackWebhookURL = u
+	}
+
+	if params.Config.MattermostWebhook != "" {
+		u, err := parseWebhookURL(params.Config.MattermostWebhook)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+				"invalid mattermost webhook URL: %w", err,
+			)
+		}
+
+		svc.mattermostWebhookURL = u
+	}
+
+	return svc, nil
 }
 
 // SendNotification sends a notification to all configured endpoints.
@@ -69,13 +133,13 @@ func (svc *Service) SendNotification(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	title, message, priority string,
 ) {
-	if svc.config.NtfyTopic != "" {
+	if svc.ntfyURL != nil {
 		go func() {
 			notifyCtx := context.WithoutCancel(ctx)
 
 			err := svc.sendNtfy(
 				notifyCtx,
-				svc.config.NtfyTopic,
+				svc.ntfyURL,
 				title, message, priority,
 			)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -87,13 +151,13 @@ func (svc *Service) SendNotification(
 		}()
 	}
 
-	if svc.config.SlackWebhook != "" {
+	if svc.slackWebhookURL != nil {
 		go func() {
 			notifyCtx := context.WithoutCancel(ctx)
 
 			err := svc.sendSlack(
 				notifyCtx,
-				svc.config.SlackWebhook,
+				svc.slackWebhookURL,
 				title, message, priority,
 			)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -105,13 +169,13 @@ func (svc *Service) SendNotification(
 		}()
 	}
 
-	if svc.config.MattermostWebhook != "" {
+	if svc.mattermostWebhookURL != nil {
 		go func() {
 			notifyCtx := context.WithoutCancel(ctx)
 
 			err := svc.sendSlack(
 				notifyCtx,
-				svc.config.MattermostWebhook,
+				svc.mattermostWebhookURL,
 				title, message, priority,
 			)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -126,18 +190,19 @@ func (svc *Service) SendNotification(
 
 func (svc *Service) sendNtfy(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	topic, title, message, priority string,
+	topicURL *url.URL,
+	title, message, priority string,
 ) error {
 	svc.log.Debug(
 		"sending ntfy notification",
-		"topic", topic,
+		"topic", topicURL.String(),
 		"title", title,
 	)
 
 	request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(
 		ctx,
 		http.MethodPost,
-		topic,
+		topicURL.String(),
 		bytes.NewBufferString(message),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -147,7 +212,7 @@ func (svc *Service) sendNtfy(
 	request.Header.Set("Title", title)
 	request.Header.Set("Priority", ntfyPriority(priority))
 
-	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request) // #nosec G704 -- URL comes from validated application config
+	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request) //nolint:gosec // G704: URL validated by parseWebhookURL
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("sending ntfy request: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -193,11 +258,12 @@ type SlackAttachment struct {
 
 func (svc *Service) sendSlack(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	webhookURL, title, message, priority string,
+	webhookURL *url.URL,
+	title, message, priority string,
 ) error {
 	svc.log.Debug(
 		"sending webhook notification",
-		"url", webhookURL,
+		"url", webhookURL.String(),
 		"title", title,
 	)
 
@@ -219,7 +285,7 @@ func (svc *Service) sendSlack(
 	request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(
 		ctx,
 		http.MethodPost,
-		webhookURL,
+		webhookURL.String(),
 		bytes.NewBuffer(body),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -228,7 +294,7 @@ func (svc *Service) sendSlack(
 
 	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
-	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request) // #nosec G704 -- URL comes from validated application config
+	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request) //nolint:gosec // G704: URL validated by parseWebhookURL
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("sending webhook request: %w", err)
 	}