README.md

@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ private and reserved ranges — RFC 1918, loopback, CGNAT, link-local and
 the rest — are refused, which stops a target from being used to make
 webhooker probe the network it sits in.
 
+Besides the private and reserved ranges, the default blocklist refuses
+public cloud metadata addresses: currently only `168.63.129.16`, Azure's
+WireServer, which serves an Azure VM its credentials. Because it is a
+public address, listing it in `ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS` reopens it.
+
 That default is also inconvenient for the thing webhooker is mostly
 for: taking a public webhook and forwarding it to something on your own
 network. A container on the same Docker network, a box on `10.x`, a
@@ -195,15 +200,16 @@ Two things this setting cannot do:
   the list is always an allowlist; an empty list (the default) means
   every private and reserved range stays refused. Note that
   `0.0.0.0/0` gets you most of the way there anyway, per above.
-- **It cannot open link-local, or a cloud metadata endpoint that
+- **It cannot open link-local, or a cloud metadata endpoint at a
-  discloses credentials or user data.** An address is on the list below
+  non-public address that discloses credentials or user data.** An
-  when both of these hold: the provider fixes it, so it cannot collide
+  address is on the list below when it is not a public address and both
-  with anything you run; and reaching it hands out credentials, user
+  of these hold: the provider fixes it, so it cannot collide with
-  data or bootstrap material. Those stay blocked no matter what you
+  anything you run; and reaching it hands out credentials, user data or
-  list, including when you list them outright or list a supernet such
+  bootstrap material. Those stay blocked no matter what you list,
-  as `0.0.0.0/0`, `::/0`, `fd00::/8` or `100.64.0.0/10`. Treat this as
+  including when you list them outright or list a supernet such as
-  best effort rather than a guarantee — it is a hand-maintained list
+  `0.0.0.0/0`, `::/0`, `fd00::/8` or `100.64.0.0/10`. Treat this as best
-  and the caveat below the table applies:
+  effort rather than a guarantee — it is a hand-maintained list and the
+  caveat below the table applies:
 
   | Blocked unconditionally | What it is |
   | ----------------------- | ---------- |
@@ -242,7 +248,8 @@ Two things this setting cannot do:
   encodings, which the default blocklist does not match. A publicly
   routable metadata address is not listed here, because nothing on this
   list can be reopened and blocking one that way would leave you no
-  escape hatch at all.
+  escape hatch at all; Azure's `168.63.129.16` is refused by the default
+  blocklist instead, as described above.
 
   This list is not exhaustive of every cloud's metadata address — if
   yours is not here, do not allowlist the block that contains it.

internal/config/config.go

@@ -192,9 +192,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// alwaysBlockedNetworks stays blocked no matter what is listed
 	// here. That set is link-local plus the cloud metadata
 	// endpoints outside it that disclose credentials or user data
-	// at a provider-fixed address; it is not exhaustive of every
+	// at a provider-fixed, non-public address; it is not
-	// cloud's metadata address. See alwaysBlockedNetworks for the
+	// exhaustive of every cloud's metadata address. See
-	// authoritative list and the criterion it is built from.
+	// alwaysBlockedNetworks for the authoritative list and the
+	// criterion it is built from.
 	AllowedEgressCIDRs []netip.Prefix
 
 	params *ConfigParams
@@ -746,12 +747,14 @@ func (c *Config) warnEgressAllowlist(log *slog.Logger) {
 
 	log.Warn(
 		"ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS lets delivery targets reach these "+
-			"otherwise-blocked private/reserved networks. Anyone "+
+			"otherwise-blocked networks. Anyone who can create a "+
-			"who can create a delivery target can now make this "+
+			"delivery target can now make this process issue "+
-			"process issue requests into them, and read back the "+
+			"requests into them, and read back the response. Only "+
-			"response. Link-local and the known cloud instance "+
+			"the addresses the README lists as blocked "+
-			"metadata endpoints outside it stay blocked "+
+			"unconditionally stay blocked regardless of what is "+
-			"regardless of what is listed here.",
+			"listed here; a public cloud metadata address such as "+
+			"168.63.129.16 is reachable once it, or a block "+
+			"covering it, is listed.",
 		"allowedEgressCIDRs",
 		strings.Join(PrefixStrings(c.AllowedEgressCIDRs), ","),
 	)

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -834,12 +834,13 @@ func TestEgressAllowlistWarning(t *testing.T) {
 			// to be able to read back which networks are open.
 			assert.Contains(t, logged, "10.0.0.0/8")
 			assert.Contains(t, logged, "127.0.0.0/8")
-			// What stays shut. Asserted on the clause naming the
+			// What stays shut is the whole unconditional set, not
-			// wider set rather than on "Link-local" alone, so the
+			// link-local alone; a public metadata address is not in
-			// string cannot narrow back to link-local only while
+			// it, so a listed block covering it opens it.
-			// the always-blocked set covers ULA, CGNAT and two
+			assert.Contains(t, logged, "blocked unconditionally")
-			// public metadata addresses as well.
+			assert.Contains(t, logged, "168.63.129.16 is reachable")
-			assert.Contains(t, logged, "metadata endpoints outside it")
+			// The listed blocks need not be private or reserved.
+			assert.NotContains(t, logged, "private/reserved")
 		})
 	}
 }

internal/delivery/ssrf.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 		"hostname resolved to no IP addresses",
 	)
 	errBlockedIP = errors.New(
-		"blocked private/reserved IP range",
+		"blocked private, reserved or cloud metadata address",
 	)
 	errBlockedMetadata = errors.New(
 		"blocked link-local or cloud instance metadata " +
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ var (
 	)
 )
 
-// blockedNetworks contains all private/reserved IP ranges
+// blockedNetworks is the default blocklist: the private and
-// that should be blocked to prevent SSRF attacks. An operator
+// reserved IP ranges, plus the public cloud metadata addresses,
-// can permit specific blocks out of this set with
+// that are blocked to prevent SSRF attacks. An operator can
+// permit specific blocks out of this set with
 // ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS; see Guard.
 //
 //nolint:gochecknoglobals // package-level network list is appropriate here
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ func init() {
 		"::1/128",
 		"fc00::/7",
 		"fe80::/10",
+		// Azure WireServer, a public address that serves VM credentials.
+		"168.63.129.16/32",
 	})
 
 	// Every entry is named. The set must not grow or shrink
@@ -216,8 +219,8 @@ func matchesAny(networks []*net.IPNet, ip net.IP) bool {
 }
 
 // isBlockedIP checks whether an IP address falls within
-// any blocked private/reserved network range, before any
+// the default blocklist, before any operator allowlist is
-// operator allowlist is considered.
+// considered.
 func isBlockedIP(ip net.IP) bool {
 	return matchesAny(blockedNetworks, ip)
 }
@@ -320,7 +323,7 @@ func (g *Guard) allows(ip net.IP) bool {
 //
 //  1. alwaysBlockedNetworks is refused before the allowlist is
 //     consulted, so no configured CIDR reaches link-local or a
-//     cloud instance metadata endpoint.
+//     cloud metadata endpoint at a non-public address.
 //  2. The allowlist is consulted next, so a listed private
 //     network becomes reachable.
 //  3. Everything else keeps the default blocklist's answer.

internal/delivery/ssrf_allowlist_test.go

@@ -390,6 +390,41 @@ func TestGuardAllowlist_PublicUnaffected(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestGuardAllowlist_AzureWireServerReopenable covers Azure's
+// WireServer, a public address that serves VM credentials. The
+// default guard refuses it, but because it is public it sits in
+// the default blocklist rather than the unconditional set, so an
+// operator who lists it can reach it.
+func TestGuardAllowlist_AzureWireServerReopenable(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const wireServerIP = "168.63.129.16"
+
+	target := "http://" + wireServerIP + "/?comp=versions"
+
+	defaultGuard := delivery.NewTestGuard()
+
+	err := defaultGuard.ValidateTargetURL(context.Background(), target)
+	require.Error(t, err,
+		"WireServer must be refused with no allowlist set",
+	)
+	assert.NotContains(t, err.Error(), metadataRefusalClause,
+		"WireServer must be refused by the default blocklist, "+
+			"which an allowlist can override",
+	)
+
+	assertDialRefused(t, defaultGuard, target)
+
+	listed := delivery.NewTestGuard(
+		netip.MustParsePrefix(wireServerIP + "/32"),
+	)
+
+	assert.NoError(t,
+		listed.ValidateTargetURL(context.Background(), target),
+		"an operator who lists WireServer must be able to reach it",
+	)
+}
+
 // TestGuardCheckIP_BothPathsShareOneDecision asserts that the
 // validator and the dialer are not two policies that happen to
 // agree: both are defined in terms of checkIP, so the exported