Fetch an IPv6 source host written without a port (closes #295)

The fetcher took the host from the source URL and stripped a port with
net.SplitHostPort, which fails when there is no port, so a bracketed
IPv6 host such as [2001:db8::a] kept its brackets, its name lookup
failed, and the request answered 500. validateURL now takes the host
with url.URL.Hostname(), which drops the brackets and any port, so such
a host is fetched like one with a port, through /v1/image/ and through
an encrypted URL, and a private IPv6 address is still refused.

Model: opus-5-5

TODO.md

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ P2: security: per-origin rate limiting
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-16 a source host that is an IPv6 address in brackets with no port,
+  such as `[2001:db8::a]`, is fetched like one with a port, through `/v1/image/`
+  and through an encrypted URL (closes #295). The fetcher's check of the source
+  URL kept the brackets when no port followed them, could not look the host up,
+  and the request answered 500. It now checks the address without brackets, so a
+  private one is refused with 403, as with a port.
 - 2026-10-16 a `state_dir` whose name holds `%`, `?` or `#` keeps its database
   at `state.sqlite3` in that directory (closes #290): the `db_url` derived from
   it put the name into a `file:` URL as it was, so SQLite read `%41` as `A`, a

internal/httpfetcher/httpfetcher.go

@@ -473,16 +473,16 @@ func validateURL(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, allowHTTP bool) error {
 		return ErrUnsupportedScheme
 	}
 
-	// Parse to extract host
+	parsedURL, err := neturl.Parse(rawURL)
-	host := extractHost(rawURL)
+	if err != nil {
-	if host == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrInvalidHost, err)
-		return ErrInvalidHost
 	}
 
-	// Remove port if present
+	// Hostname drops any port, and the brackets of an IPv6 address whether
-	h, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(host)
+	// or not a port follows them
-	if err == nil {
+	host := parsedURL.Hostname()
-		host = h
+	if host == "" {
+		return ErrInvalidHost
 	}
 
 	// Block obvious localhost patterns

internal/server/source_url_internal_test.go

@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"slices"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/session"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
 
 // percentSignPath is a source path holding a "%", which a URL writes %25.
@@ -433,3 +437,109 @@ func TestGeneratorRefusesSourceURLItCannotFetchAsWritten(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// ipv6SourcePath is the source path of the image URLs signedImageURL and
+// encryptedImageURL make.
+const ipv6SourcePath = "/ipv6.png"
+
+// TestImageRoutesFetchIPv6SourceHostWithOrWithoutPort requests ipv6SourcePath
+// on an IPv6 source host, written with and without a port, through a
+// /v1/image/ URL with a signature and through an encrypted URL. The public
+// address 2001:db8::a, a documentation address (RFC 3849) the fetcher accepts
+// as public, answers 200, and the upstream receives the request for
+// ipv6SourcePath. The private address fd00::1 answers 403, and the upstream
+// receives no request: the test's fetcher connects every address to the test
+// upstream, so only the fetcher's check of the source URL can refuse it.
+func TestImageRoutesFetchIPv6SourceHostWithOrWithoutPort(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		sourceHost string
+		wantStatus int
+		// wantRequests are the request targets the upstream must receive
+		wantRequests []string
+	}{
+		{"public address without a port", "[2001:db8::a]",
+			http.StatusOK, []string{ipv6SourcePath}},
+		{"public address with a port", "[2001:db8::a]:8443",
+			http.StatusOK, []string{ipv6SourcePath}},
+		{"private address without a port", "[fd00::1]",
+			http.StatusForbidden, nil},
+		{"private address with a port", "[fd00::1]:8443",
+			http.StatusForbidden, nil},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		imageURLs := map[string]string{
+			"image URL with a signature": signedImageURL(t, tt.sourceHost),
+			"encrypted URL":              encryptedImageURL(t, tt.sourceHost),
+		}
+
+		for route, imageURL := range imageURLs {
+			t.Run(tt.name+" "+route, func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Parallel()
+
+				upstream := startRecordingUpstream(t)
+				s, _, _ := startImageProxy(t, upstream.Server)
+
+				rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+				s.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+					t.Context(), http.MethodGet, imageURL, nil))
+				t.Logf("GET %s: %d", imageURL, rec.Code)
+
+				if rec.Code != tt.wantStatus {
+					t.Errorf("status = %d, want %d; body %s",
+						rec.Code, tt.wantStatus, rec.Body.String())
+				}
+
+				got := upstream.requestTargets()
+				t.Logf("upstream received %q", got)
+
+				if !slices.Equal(got, tt.wantRequests) {
+					t.Errorf("upstream received %q, want %q", got, tt.wantRequests)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// signedImageURL returns the /v1/image/ URL of ipv6SourcePath on sourceHost at
+// its original size as PNG, with a signature made with the test signing key,
+// which a host not on the allowlist needs. The URL has no q or fit, so it is
+// signed with the quality 85 and the fit cover.
+func signedImageURL(t *testing.T, sourceHost string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	path, sig, exp := signature.New(testSigningKey).GenerateSignedURL(
+		&signature.Request{
+			SourceHost: sourceHost,
+			SourcePath: ipv6SourcePath,
+			Format:     string(imgcache.FormatPNG),
+			Quality:    85,
+			FitMode:    string(imgcache.FitCover),
+		}, time.Hour)
+
+	return path + "?sig=" + sig + "&exp=" + strconv.FormatInt(exp, 10)
+}
+
+// encryptedImageURL returns the encrypted URL of ipv6SourcePath on sourceHost
+// at its original size as PNG, made with the test signing key.
+func encryptedImageURL(t *testing.T, sourceHost string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	generator, err := encurl.NewGenerator(testSigningKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encurl.NewGenerator: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	token, err := generator.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
+		SourceHost: sourceHost, SourcePath: ipv6SourcePath,
+		Format: imgcache.FormatPNG,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encurl Generate: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return "/v1/e/" + token + "/img.png"
+}