diff --git a/internal/handlers/export_test.go b/internal/handlers/export_test.go
index eb5d48d..831ed96 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/export_test.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/export_test.go
@@ -12,3 +12,13 @@ func (s *Handlers) RenderTemplateForTest(
 ) {
 	s.renderTemplate(w, r, pageTemplate, data)
 }
+
+// BuildSlackTargetConfigForTest exposes buildSlackTargetConfig
+// for use in the handlers_test package.
+func (s *Handlers) BuildSlackTargetConfigForTest(
+	w http.ResponseWriter,
+	r *http.Request,
+	targetURL string,
+) (string, error) {
+	return s.buildSlackTargetConfig(w, r, targetURL)
+}
diff --git a/internal/handlers/handlers_test.go b/internal/handlers/handlers_test.go
index 679d2e2..ec2791b 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/handlers_test.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/handlers_test.go
@@ -116,6 +116,52 @@ func TestHandleIndex_Authenticated(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+func TestBuildSlackTargetConfig_AcceptsPublicURL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var h *handlers.Handlers
+
+	app := newTestApp(t, &h)
+	app.RequireStart()
+
+	t.Cleanup(app.RequireStop)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(), http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	cfg, err := h.BuildSlackTargetConfigForTest(
+		w, req, "http://93.184.216.34/services/T00/B00/xxx",
+	)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Contains(t, cfg, "webhookUrl")
+}
+
+func TestBuildSlackTargetConfig_RejectsReservedURL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var h *handlers.Handlers
+
+	app := newTestApp(t, &h)
+	app.RequireStart()
+
+	t.Cleanup(app.RequireStop)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		context.Background(), http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	cfg, err := h.BuildSlackTargetConfigForTest(
+		w, req, "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/",
+	)
+
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, cfg)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, w.Code)
+}
+
 func TestRenderTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/internal/handlers/source_management.go b/internal/handlers/source_management.go
index 2622c84..917307a 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/source_management.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/source_management.go
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ func (h *Handlers) buildTargetConfig(
 	case database.TargetTypeHTTP:
 		return h.buildHTTPTargetConfig(w, r, targetURL)
 	case database.TargetTypeSlack:
-		return h.buildSlackTargetConfig(w, targetURL)
+		return h.buildSlackTargetConfig(w, r, targetURL)
 	case database.TargetTypeDatabase, database.TargetTypeLog:
 		return "", nil
 	default:
@@ -967,6 +967,7 @@ func (h *Handlers) buildHTTPTargetConfig(
 // buildSlackTargetConfig builds config JSON for a Slack target.
 func (h *Handlers) buildSlackTargetConfig(
 	w http.ResponseWriter,
+	r *http.Request,
 	targetURL string,
 ) (string, error) {
 	if targetURL == "" {
@@ -979,6 +980,24 @@ func (h *Handlers) buildSlackTargetConfig(
 		return "", errMissingURL
 	}
 
+	err := delivery.ValidateTargetURL(
+		r.Context(), targetURL,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.log.Warn(
+			"target URL blocked by SSRF protection",
+			"url", targetURL,
+			"error", err,
+		)
+		http.Error(
+			w,
+			"Invalid target URL: "+err.Error(),
+			http.StatusBadRequest,
+		)
+
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	cfg := map[string]any{"webhookUrl": targetURL}
 
 	configBytes, err := json.Marshal(cfg)