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Reborn had no transport to an MCP server on the same machine: the admission gate rejected localhost and every IP literal, and the hosted-MCP egress plan hardcoded deny_private_ip_ranges: true, so the dispatcher denied loopback even if admission had passed. Narrow the exemption to a literal loopback IP (127.0.0.0/8 or ::1), which cannot DNS-rebind and never leaves the host. localhost, non- loopback IP literals, and public http stay rejected. The enforcement layer already permits loopback when deny_private_ip_ranges is false, so only the extension-host admission + egress-planning lane changes. Closes nearai#5998 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughHosted MCP admission now allows literal loopback IPv4 and IPv6 endpoints over HTTP or HTTPS. Endpoint parsing records the scheme and loopback status. Discovery, capability policies, and the registration modal apply the same loopback rules. ChangesLoopback MCP support
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change enables literal loopback MCP access, but two production parsing paths still accept credential-bearing URLs and can publish endpoint forms that later egress handling rejects. This can expose credentials in outbound request URLs and creates inconsistent security enforcement, so the issue should be fixed before merge; an IPv6 caller-level regression test also remains requested. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RegistrationModal
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RegistrationModal->>HostedMcpDiscovery: submit loopback HTTP endpoint
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In `@crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/mcp.rs`:
- Around line 244-273: Add a loopback package test that drives
RegistryMcpEgressPlanner::plan through the production endpoint-resolution and
request-matching path, rather than calling HostedMcpEgressEndpoint::parse or
hosted_mcp_network_policy_for_endpoint directly. Assert the resulting plan
contains an HTTP target and has deny_private_ip_ranges set to false.
- Around line 125-142: Update the scheme/host admission logic in the egress
parser around is_loopback_ip_literal and CanonicalHostedMcpEndpoint construction
so only literal loopback IP hosts are accepted, for both http and https; reject
localhost and non-loopback IP literals before returning HostedMcpEgressEndpoint,
while preserving the existing credential and fragment checks.
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The Add-MCP registration modal enforced its own copy of the localhost/IP restriction, so even with the backend admitting a loopback endpoint the WebUI blocked it at step 1 before any connection probe. Mirror the backend exemption: admit a literal loopback IP (127.0.0.0/8 or ::1) over http/https; keep rejecting localhost (DNS-rebindable), non-loopback IP literals, public http, and credential-bearing URLs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Around line 118-128: Extend the loopback endpoint validation test near the
existing literal IPv4 case to also submit http://[::1]:5001/mcp, exercising the
production modal flow and asserting no endpoint error plus transition to the
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The loopback exemption stopped short of the call site that decides whether a package is a hosted HTTP MCP provider at all: `valid_hosted_mcp_url` still required `https`, so `hosted_http_mcp_endpoint` returned `None` for a loopback `http` endpoint and the egress planner emitted an empty plan. The admission gate accepted the endpoint and every request was then denied. Admit `http` for a literal loopback IP here too, and derive the capability's network target scheme from the endpoint instead of assuming `https` — an allowlist entry carrying the wrong scheme never matches its own request. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Registering a loopback hosted MCP succeeded and discovery published its tools, but every tool call was denied with `policy_denied`. Discovery stages its own endpoint policy, while a dispatched call is governed by the staged grant obligation built from `extension_network_policy`, which set `deny_private_ip_ranges` for any capability with egress targets. The capability's allowlist named the loopback host and the guard then refused it. Waive the denial only when *every* target in the allowlist is a literal loopback IP. A single non-loopback target re-arms the guard, and `localhost` never qualifies, so the SSRF boundary is unchanged for every other shape. The policy stays constrained by its non-empty allowlist, so the `ApplyNetworkPolicy` obligation is still emitted. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…rser Review follow-up. `HostedMcpEgressEndpoint::parse` gated only the scheme on loopback, so `https://localhost/mcp` and `https://8.8.8.8/mcp` still produced an egress endpoint even though `CanonicalHostedMcpEndpoint::parse` rejects both. Host-bundled manifests never pass through admission, so this parser is their only host gate — mirror the same rule here. Also covers the loopback path through `RegistryMcpEgressPlanner::plan` rather than only the helpers, which is what surfaced the registry URL gate fixed in the parent commit, plus the IPv6 `[::1]` branch of the Add-MCP form. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pushed three commits. Two address the review; the third is a real gap I hit taking this branch to production, and it's the important one. I ran this end to end on a self-hosted box (Reborn 1.2.0 + a loopback MCP server) and found the first two commits alone were not enough: registration and 1.
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I found one remaining scope issue. P1 — Limit the private-range exemption to validated hosted MCP capabilities. This exceeds the PR objective, which permits the exemption only for hosted MCP endpoints. It also violates the minimal-authority invariant in Keep the generic capability policy private-range-denying. Carry a typed, validated hosted-MCP loopback exemption from admission/discovery to the grant builder. Do not infer this authority from
The literal-loopback-IP boundary is correct. It prevents DNS rebinding and keeps the exemption constrained. I do not see a security requirement for a boot-profile flag if the exemption remains limited to admitted hosted MCP endpoints and the allowlist remains exact. A boot-profile flag can still be a product policy decision for hosted deployments. 🐇 ✏️ Learnings added
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In `@crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/capability_surface.rs`:
- Around line 438-485: Add a caller-level regression test through
ExtensionCapabilitySurface::grants using a literal IPv6 loopback target such as
[::1]. Verify the emitted network policy preserves the target allowlist and sets
deny_private_ip_ranges to false, then add a mixed IPv6-loopback and non-loopback
case asserting the guard remains true.
In `@crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/mcp.rs`:
- Around line 140-150: Apply the complete hosted MCP admission checks in
CanonicalHostedMcpEndpoint::parse and the corresponding discovery parser: reject
credential-bearing query keys, localhost, and non-loopback IP literals before
creating HostedMcpEgressEndpoint or publishing capabilities. Update
crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/mcp.rs lines 140-150 and
crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_registry/src/hosted_mcp_discovery.rs lines
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| #[test] | ||
| fn loopback_only_targets_waive_the_private_range_denial() { | ||
| // A hosted MCP on a literal loopback IP: allowlisting the host and then | ||
| // denying private ranges would refuse the very target we just allowed. | ||
| // Same on-device boundary the hosted-MCP egress plan holds. | ||
| let loopback = NetworkTargetPattern { | ||
| scheme: Some(NetworkScheme::Https), | ||
| host_pattern: "127.0.0.1".to_string(), | ||
| port: Some(5443), | ||
| }; | ||
| let capability = ActiveExtensionCapability { | ||
| id: CapabilityId::new("mcp-pantry.search_pantry").unwrap(), | ||
| provider: ExtensionId::new("mcp-pantry").unwrap(), | ||
| effects: vec![EffectKind::DispatchCapability, EffectKind::Network], | ||
| default_permission: PermissionMode::Allow, | ||
| runtime_credentials: Vec::new(), | ||
| network_targets: vec![loopback.clone()], | ||
| max_egress_bytes: None, | ||
| owner: ironclaw_extension_registry::InstallationOwner::Tenant, | ||
| }; | ||
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| let policy = extension_network_policy(&capability); | ||
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| assert_eq!(policy.allowed_targets, vec![loopback.clone()]); | ||
| assert!( | ||
| !policy.deny_private_ip_ranges, | ||
| "a loopback-only allowlist waives the private-range guard" | ||
| ); | ||
| assert!( | ||
| !policy.allowed_targets.is_empty(), | ||
| "the policy stays constrained by its allowlist, so the obligation is still emitted" | ||
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| // One non-loopback target anywhere in the set re-arms the guard, and a | ||
| // DNS name that merely resolves to loopback never qualifies. | ||
| for other in [https("news.ycombinator.com"), https("localhost")] { | ||
| let mixed = ActiveExtensionCapability { | ||
| network_targets: vec![loopback.clone(), other.clone()], | ||
| ..capability.clone() | ||
| }; | ||
| assert!( | ||
| extension_network_policy(&mixed).deny_private_ip_ranges, | ||
| "a non-loopback target ({}) must keep the SSRF guard", | ||
| other.host_pattern | ||
| ); | ||
| } | ||
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Add a caller-level IPv6 loopback regression test.
This test calls extension_network_policy directly. It does not test grant minting through ExtensionCapabilitySurface::grants.
Add a caller-level case with a literal IPv6 loopback target such as [::1]. Assert that the emitted network policy retains its allowlist and sets deny_private_ip_ranges to false. Keep a mixed IPv6-loopback and non-loopback case that sets it to true.
This validates the bracket-normalization path and the actual capability grant contract. It also satisfies the Test through the caller invariant for this egress-policy change.
As per coding guidelines, “For new or changed production-wired behavior, add a caller-level test at the nearest meaningful seam.” As per path instructions, “Test through the caller: when a helper gates a side effect, require a test driving the real call site.”
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In `@crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/capability_surface.rs` around
lines 438 - 485, Add a caller-level regression test through
ExtensionCapabilitySurface::grants using a literal IPv6 loopback target such as
[::1]. Verify the emitted network policy preserves the target allowlist and sets
deny_private_ip_ranges to false, then add a mixed IPv6-loopback and non-loopback
case asserting the guard remains true.
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| let host_pattern = parsed.host_str()?.to_ascii_lowercase(); | ||
| // The same host rule the admission gate holds, restated here because | ||
| // this parser also runs for host-bundled manifests, which never pass | ||
| // through admission: `localhost` is a DNS name a resolver could rebind, | ||
| // and an IP literal is only ever admitted when it is loopback. Without | ||
| // this, a bundled manifest declaring `https://localhost/mcp` or | ||
| // `https://8.8.8.8/mcp` would still yield an egress policy. | ||
| let is_ip_literal = matches!(host, url::Host::Ipv4(_) | url::Host::Ipv6(_)); | ||
| if host_pattern == "localhost" || (is_ip_literal && !loopback) { | ||
| return None; | ||
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Apply the complete hosted MCP admission rule in both bypass parsers.
CanonicalHostedMcpEndpoint::parse rejects credential query keys. These two parsers do not. A host-bundled manifest can therefore use https://host/mcp?token=value, bypass admission, and send a raw credential in the external request URL.
crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_registry/src/hosted_mcp_discovery.rs also accepts HTTPS localhost and non-loopback IP literals. Discovery then publishes capabilities that the later egress parser rejects.
crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/mcp.rs#L140-L150: reject credential-bearing query keys before creatingHostedMcpEgressEndpoint.crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_registry/src/hosted_mcp_discovery.rs#L117-L133: reject credential-bearing query keys,localhost, and every non-loopback IP literal before discovery.- Add caller-level regression tests for both paths. Assert that credential-query endpoints fail discovery and produce no egress plan.
As per coding guidelines, “credentials remain host-side and are injected only through mediated runtime services.” As per path instructions, “unknown/invalid capability ids, provider mismatches, malformed paths, duplicate capabilities, or unsupported runtime shapes are errors, never papered over.”
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In `@crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/mcp.rs` around lines 140 - 150,
Apply the complete hosted MCP admission checks in
CanonicalHostedMcpEndpoint::parse and the corresponding discovery parser: reject
credential-bearing query keys, localhost, and non-loopback IP literals before
creating HostedMcpEgressEndpoint or publishing capabilities. Update
crates/extensions/ironclaw_extension_host/src/mcp.rs lines 140-150 and
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Allow a hosted MCP server on a literal loopback IP
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Reborn currently has no way to reach an MCP server running on the same machine. The "Add MCP server" admission gate rejects
localhostand every IP literal, and the hosted-MCP egress plan hardcodesdeny_private_ip_ranges: true, so even a manually-crafted loopback target is denied by the dispatcher. Self-hosters who run an MCP server bound to loopback (a same-device, single-tenant setup) can only reach it by exposing it through a public tunnel — which widens the attack surface to work around a same-machine call.This narrows the exemption to the one case that is provably safe: a literal loopback IP (
127.0.0.0/8or::1). Such a target can't DNS-rebind and never leaves the host, so it's a different risk class from RFC-1918 / CGNAT egress.localhost(a DNS name), non-loopback IP literals, and publichttpall stay rejected exactly as before.Closes #5998 (implements the "interim: accept loopback HTTP" option, scoped to literal loopback IPs).
What changed
ironclaw_extension_host/hosted_mcp_admission.rs— the admission parser now admitshttpand an IP literal iff the host is a literal loopback address.localhostand non-loopback IP literals remain rejected; public endpoints still must behttps. Adds a sharedis_loopback_ip_literalhelper so admission and egress planning agree on the definition.ironclaw_extension_host/mcp.rs—HostedMcpEgressEndpointnow carries the endpoint's real scheme (rather than assumingHttps) and aloopbackflag. The egress plan setsdeny_private_ip_ranges: falseonly for a loopback endpoint; every other endpoint is unchanged.ironclaw_network::policy— the enforcement layer already permits loopback whendeny_private_ip_rangesis false; this is the exact shape the passingruntime_http_egress_contract.rsfixtures already exercise ({scheme: Http, host: "127.0.0.1", deny_private_ip_ranges: false}).Safety boundary
https://mcp.example.com/mcp(public)http://mcp.example.com/mcp(public http)http://localhost:5001/mcp(DNS name)https://192.168.1.10/mcp(private literal)https://[2001:db8::1]/mcp(non-loopback v6)http://127.0.0.1:5001/mcp(loopback literal)https://[::1]/mcp(loopback literal)Tests
hosted_mcp_admission.rs: existing reject test keeps the public/private/credential forms and addslocalhost+ a non-loopback private literal; newcanonical_endpoint_admits_literal_loopback_over_http_or_httpscovers the four loopback forms and scheme/port preservation.mcp.rs:loopback_endpoint_admits_http_and_waives_private_range_denialandnon_loopback_endpoints_keep_https_and_private_range_denialassert the plan's scheme +deny_private_ip_rangesfor loopback vs. public endpoints.Open questions for maintainers