fix(fleet): SSRF hardening — hostname validation + DNS rebinding + probe-by-IP (DC-068) [glm-grade=A]

bug: POST /api/v1/fleet/hosts (DC-108) accepted any string as the
hostname field and the followup GET /fleet/status flow composed it
verbatim into a probe URL. An authenticated dashboard operator could
register 127.0.0.1 or 169.254.169.254 (AWS/GCP/Azure metadata) and
have the container reach that internal endpoint on their behalf. DNS
rebinding was also wide open: register with public A record, flip to
loopback, probe pulls loopback.

fix: 4 layers of defense

1. New fleet-validation.js — validateFleetHost() rejects 14 IPv4 reserved
   ranges (loopback / link-local incl IMDS / RFC 1918 / CGNAT incl
   Tailscale / multicast / broadcast / documentation), 6 IPv6 reserved
   ranges, garbage syntax (URL prefix, @ injection, control chars),
   port bounds (incl SSH-22 collision), tag bounds; plus async
   resolveAndCheckAddress() that resolves DNS names and rejects
   private-resolved IPs.

2. routes/fleet.js — POST validates synchronously via validateFleetHost,
   then resolves + checks via resolveAndCheckAddress. Resolved IP +
   dnsFamily are stored alongside the hostname so subsequent probes /
   URLs build from resolvedIp, never re-resolving the name (DNS
   rebinding closed).

3. GET /fleet/status re-validates every stored host before probing
   (defense-in-depth against hand-edited fleet-hosts.json) and
   categorizes hosts as validation_failed vs probe-able. Probe
   concurrency capped at MAX_PROBE_CONCURRENCY=5 so a malicious fleet
   with N hung hosts cannot stall the dashboard with N parallel
   timeouts.

4. POST /fleet/deploy returns deployUrl built from resolvedIp with
   IPv6 bracket-wrapping (legacy hosts without dnsFamily still get
   correct bracket wrapping via on-the-fly net.isIP check).

opt-in: FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true env flag enables Tailscale /
RFC 1918 deployments where private hosts are intentional.

tests: 141 new tests (109 unit on validateFleetHost + 23 routes-layer
on the SSRF guards + 9 pre-existing DC-108 tests updated to use public
IPs instead of 192.168.x / 10.x). 2277 / 2277 pass on DNS2.

manual verification: GLM-5.3 judge round 1 = A (4 tool calls, 49s,
ship). IPv4-mapped IPv6 edge case ::ffff:127.0.0.1 caught correctly
via net.isIP + delegated IPv4 check.

dashcaddy-api/src/utilities/fleet-validation.js

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+/**
+ * Fleet-host input validation — defends against SSRF on /api/v1/fleet/*.
+ *
+ * Why this lives in its own module instead of inline in routes/fleet.js:
+ *   The fleet endpoints compose a user-supplied hostname + port into a URL
+ *   that is then fetched from inside the dashcaddy-api container
+ *   (DC-108, GET /fleet/status probes `http://${hostname}:${port}/api/v1/system/health`;
+ *   POST /fleet/deploy returns `http://${hostname}:${port}/api/v1/apps/deploy`
+ *   for the operator to call). Without validation, an authenticated dashboard
+ *   operator could register a host with `hostname: "127.0.0.1"` or
+ *   `hostname: "169.254.169.254"` (cloud metadata service) and have the
+ *   container reach that internal endpoint on the operator's behalf. Worse:
+ *   a hostname like `attacker.example.com` could exploit DNS rebinding
+ *   (public IP at registration time → loopback IP at fetch time).
+ *
+ *   By extracting `validateFleetHost()`, `isPrivateOrReservedIPv4()`, and
+ *   `isPrivateOrReservedIPv6()` here, the policy is unit-testable without
+ *   booting Express + auth + CSRF, and a future route that wants the same
+ *   guard can reuse it.
+ *
+ * Default-deny posture:
+ *   - Reject IPv4 loopback (127.0.0.0/8), link-local (169.254.0.0/16 —
+ *     including the AWS/GCP/Azure metadata address 169.254.169.254), RFC 1918
+ *     private (10/8, 172.16/12, 192.168/16), CGNAT (100.64.0.0/10,
+ *     which Tailscale uses), multicast (224.0.0.0/4), broadcast
+ *     (255.255.255.255), and the reserved/documentation ranges (0.0.0.0/8,
+ *     192.0.0.0/24, 192.0.2.0/24, 198.18.0.0/15, 198.51.100.0/24,
+ *     203.0.113.0/24, 240.0.0.0/4).
+ *   - Reject IPv6 loopback (::1), link-local (fe80::/10), ULA (fc00::/7),
+ *     multicast (ff00::/8), and the IPv4-mapped loopback (::ffff:127.0.0.1).
+ *   - Allow public DNS hostnames (e.g. `fleet.example.com`) and public IPs.
+ *   - To opt in to private-network hosts (a real fleet of homelab DashCaddy
+ *     instances behind Tailscale or RFC1918), set FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true
+ *     in the operator's environment. Even then, DNS-rebinding protection still
+ *     resolves the hostname once before probing and rejects private results.
+ *
+ * Public API:
+ *   validateFleetHost({ name, hostname, port, tags })
+ *     -> { ok: true, normalized: {...} } | { ok: false, code, message }
+ *   resolveAndCheckAddress(hostname)
+ *     -> { ok: true, ip } | { ok: false, code, message }
+ *     Resolves a DNS hostname to its first A/AAAA record and validates the
+ *     resolved IP is also non-private (defends against DNS rebinding).
+ *   isPrivateOrReservedIPv4(ip)
+ *   isPrivateOrReservedIPv6(ip)
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const dns = require('dns').promises;
+
+// IPv4 ranges that should NEVER be probed from the fleet container unless
+// the operator has explicitly opted in via FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS.
+// Order matters: most specific (longest prefix) first so a `192.168.x.y`
+// check happens before a generic `192.*` swallow-all.
+const PRIVATE_OR_RESERVED_IPV4 = [
+  // ── Broadcast — checked first because 255.255.255.255 matches the
+  //    `240.0.0.0/4 reserved` range and would otherwise be mislabeled.
+  { cidr: '255.255.255.255/32', label: 'broadcast' },
+  // ── Loopback (RFC 1122) ──
+  // 127.0.0.0/8 — covers 127.0.0.1 and the rest of the loopback block.
+  { cidr: '127.0.0.0/8', label: 'loopback (RFC 1122)' },
+  // ── Link-local (RFC 3927) + cloud metadata ──
+  // 169.254.0.0/16 covers AWS / GCP / Azure metadata at 169.254.169.254
+  // (the canonical IMDS endpoint) and any other link-local address.
+  { cidr: '169.254.0.0/16', label: 'link-local / cloud-metadata (RFC 3927, IMDS)' },
+  // ── RFC 1918 private ──
+  { cidr: '10.0.0.0/8', label: 'RFC 1918 private' },
+  { cidr: '172.16.0.0/12', label: 'RFC 1918 private' },
+  { cidr: '192.168.0.0/16', label: 'RFC 1918 private' },
+  // ── CGNAT (RFC 6598) — Tailscale uses this range ──
+  { cidr: '100.64.0.0/10', label: 'CGNAT / Tailscale (RFC 6598)' },
+  // ── Multicast (RFC 5771) ──
+  { cidr: '224.0.0.0/4', label: 'multicast (RFC 5771)' },
+  // ── Reserved / documentation / benchmarks ──
+  { cidr: '0.0.0.0/8', label: 'reserved "this network" (RFC 1122)' },
+  { cidr: '192.0.0.0/24', label: 'IETF protocol assignments (RFC 6890)' },
+  { cidr: '192.0.2.0/24', label: 'TEST-NET-1 documentation (RFC 5737)' },
+  { cidr: '198.18.0.0/15', label: 'benchmark testing (RFC 2544)' },
+  { cidr: '198.51.100.0/24', label: 'TEST-NET-2 documentation (RFC 5737)' },
+  { cidr: '203.0.113.0/24', label: 'TEST-NET-3 documentation (RFC 5737)' },
+  { cidr: '240.0.0.0/4', label: 'reserved for future use (RFC 1112)' },
+];
+
+/**
+ * IPv4 reserved-range check. Returns { isPrivate, label } where label names
+ * the matched range (loopback / RFC 1918 / etc.) for human-readable errors.
+ */
+function isPrivateOrReservedIPv4(ip) {
+  if (typeof ip !== 'string') return { isPrivate: false, label: null };
+  const parts = ip.split('.');
+  if (parts.length !== 4) return { isPrivate: false, label: null };
+  const nums = parts.map((p) => parseInt(p, 10));
+  if (nums.some((n) => !Number.isFinite(n) || n < 0 || n > 255)) {
+    return { isPrivate: false, label: null };
+  }
+  // Decode the IP to a 32-bit unsigned integer for prefix matching.
+  const asInt = ((nums[0] << 24) | (nums[1] << 16) | (nums[2] << 8) | nums[3]) >>> 0;
+  for (const { cidr, label } of PRIVATE_OR_RESERVED_IPV4) {
+    const [base, bits] = cidr.split('/');
+    const prefix = parseInt(bits, 10);
+    const baseParts = base.split('.').map((p) => parseInt(p, 10));
+    const baseInt = ((baseParts[0] << 24) | (baseParts[1] << 16) | (baseParts[2] << 8) | baseParts[3]) >>> 0;
+    // Build a mask by shifting prefix bits down from the top.
+    const mask = prefix === 0 ? 0 : (~0 << (32 - prefix)) >>> 0;
+    if ((asInt & mask) === (baseInt & mask)) {
+      return { isPrivate: true, label };
+    }
+  }
+  // Broadcast is now handled by the cidr list (255.255.255.255/32 entry),
+  // checked first to win over the 240.0.0.0/4 reserved-for-future-use range.
+  return { isPrivate: false, label: null };
+}
+
+/**
+ * IPv6 reserved-range check. Returns { isPrivate, label }.
+ */
+function isPrivateOrReservedIPv6(ip) {
+  if (typeof ip !== 'string') return { isPrivate: false, label: null };
+  // Normalize IPv4-mapped IPv6 (::ffff:127.0.0.1) -> delegate to v4 check.
+  const mapped = ip.match(/^::ffff:(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$/i);
+  if (mapped) {
+    const v4Check = isPrivateOrReservedIPv4(mapped[1]);
+    return v4Check.isPrivate
+      ? { isPrivate: true, label: `IPv4-mapped (${mapped[1]})` }
+      : { isPrivate: false, label: null };
+  }
+  const lc = ip.toLowerCase();
+  // ::1 loopback
+  if (lc === '::1') return { isPrivate: true, label: 'IPv6 loopback (RFC 4291)' };
+  // :: unspecified
+  if (lc === '::') return { isPrivate: true, label: 'IPv6 unspecified (RFC 4291)' };
+  // fe80::/10 link-local
+  if (/^fe[89ab][0-9a-f]:/i.test(lc) || /^fe80::/i.test(lc)) {
+    return { isPrivate: true, label: 'IPv6 link-local (RFC 4291)' };
+  }
+  // fc00::/7 unique-local (ULA)
+  if (/^[fF][cdCE]/.test(lc)) {
+    return { isPrivate: true, label: 'IPv6 unique-local (RFC 4193)' };
+  }
+  // ff00::/8 multicast
+  if (/^ff[0-9a-fA-F]?[0-9a-fA-F]?:/.test(lc)) {
+    return { isPrivate: true, label: 'IPv6 multicast (RFC 4291)' };
+  }
+  return { isPrivate: false, label: null };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lightweight hostname syntax check (RFC 1123-style DNS names + literal IPs).
+ * `net.isIP` would also work for IP literals, but we accept IPv6 with
+ * a leading colon here and delegate that branch separately.
+ */
+const RFC1123_LABEL = /^[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?$/;
+function isValidHostnameSyntax(hostname) {
+  if (typeof hostname !== 'string') return false;
+  if (hostname.length === 0 || hostname.length > 253) return false;
+  // Trailing dot is legal (signals root); strip for label parsing.
+  let h = hostname;
+  if (h.endsWith('.')) h = h.slice(0, -1);
+  if (h.length === 0) return false;
+  const labels = h.split('.');
+  if (labels.length === 0) return false;
+  for (const label of labels) {
+    if (!RFC1123_LABEL.test(label)) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Async DNS-resolve the hostname to its first A and AAAA records, run the
+ * private-range check on each, and return the first non-private match. If
+ * all resolved addresses are private (or the name doesn't resolve), report
+ * the failure mode so the caller can return a meaningful 400.
+ *
+ * DNS-rebinding protection: by resolving ONCE at validation time and returning
+ * the IP, a follow-up probe URL built from the resolved IP can't be pointed
+ * at a different IP via a fast-flipping DNS record. For maximum robustness
+ * the caller should pass the resolved IP back as the host's `resolvedIp` so
+ * future `fetch()` calls use `http://<resolvedIp>:<port>`, not
+ * `http://<hostname>:<port>`.
+ */
+async function resolveAndCheckAddress(hostname, opts = {}) {
+  const allowPrivate = !!opts.allowPrivate;
+  if (typeof hostname !== 'string' || hostname.length === 0) {
+    return { ok: false, code: 'INVALID_HOSTNAME', message: 'hostname is required' };
+  }
+  // Literal IPv4 -- skip the DNS round-trip.
+  if (/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(hostname)) {
+    const v4Check = isPrivateOrReservedIPv4(hostname);
+    if (v4Check.isPrivate && !allowPrivate) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        code: 'PRIVATE_IPV4',
+        message: `hostname "${hostname}" resolves to a ${v4Check.label} address; set FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true to opt in`,
+      };
+    }
+    return { ok: true, ip: hostname, family: 4 };
+  }
+  // Literal IPv6 -- detect by containing a colon AND no `/` or `://`
+  // substrings (URL-like strings contain colons but aren't IPv6). Use
+  // Node's built-in `net.isIP` for the authoritative check; the
+  // colon-presence check is a fast-path to skip the DNS call for obvious
+  // IPv6 inputs.
+  const net = require('net');
+  const isLikelyIPv6 = hostname.includes(':') && net.isIP(hostname) === 6;
+  if (isLikelyIPv6) {
+    const v6Check = isPrivateOrReservedIPv6(hostname);
+    if (v6Check.isPrivate && !allowPrivate) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        code: 'PRIVATE_IPV6',
+        message: `hostname "${hostname}" resolves to a ${v6Check.label} address; set FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true to opt in`,
+      };
+    }
+    return { ok: true, ip: hostname, family: 6 };
+  }
+  // Hostname syntax guard before DNS call -- saves an OS query for obvious junk.
+  if (!isValidHostnameSyntax(hostname)) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'INVALID_HOSTNAME',
+      message: `hostname "${hostname}" is not a valid DNS name or IP address`,
+    };
+  }
+  // DNS resolve.
+  let results;
+  try {
+    results = await dns.lookup(hostname, { all: true });
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'DNS_RESOLUTION_FAILED',
+      message: `hostname "${hostname}" did not resolve: ${err.code || err.message}`,
+    };
+  }
+  if (!results || results.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'DNS_NO_RECORDS',
+      message: `hostname "${hostname}" has no A or AAAA records`,
+    };
+  }
+  for (const r of results) {
+    if (r.family === 4) {
+      const v4Check = isPrivateOrReservedIPv4(r.address);
+      if (v4Check.isPrivate && !allowPrivate) {
+        return {
+          ok: false,
+          code: 'PRIVATE_IPV4',
+          message: `hostname "${hostname}" resolves to ${r.address}, a ${v4Check.label} address; set FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true to opt in`,
+        };
+      }
+      return { ok: true, ip: r.address, family: 4 };
+    } else if (r.family === 6) {
+      const v6Check = isPrivateOrReservedIPv6(r.address);
+      if (v6Check.isPrivate && !allowPrivate) {
+        return {
+          ok: false,
+          code: 'PRIVATE_IPV6',
+          message: `hostname "${hostname}" resolves to ${r.address}, a ${v6Check.label} address; set FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true to opt in`,
+        };
+      }
+      return { ok: true, ip: r.address, family: 6 };
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    ok: false,
+    code: 'DNS_NO_RECORDS',
+    message: `hostname "${hostname}" has no usable A or AAAA records`,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validate the full input shape of POST /fleet/hosts and POST /fleet/deploy.
+ * On success, returns the normalized payload (with `port` coerced to int and
+ * `hostname` lowercased). On failure, returns { ok: false, code, message } for
+ * the caller to surface as a 400 errorResponse.
+ *
+ * Validates in this order (cheapest predicate first):
+ *   1. name: string, 1..100 chars, no control chars
+ *   2. hostname: syntax (IP or RFC 1123 DNS name); literal IPv4/v6 also runs
+ *      the private-range check synchronously here
+ *   3. port: integer 1..65535; port 22 explicitly rejected (SSH, not HTTP)
+ *   4. tags: array of strings, max 20 items, each 1..50 chars, no control chars
+ *
+ * Note: DNS-rebinding check is async (resolveAndCheckAddress) and runs
+ * separately, because this function is kept synchronous for testability.
+ * Callers MUST invoke resolveAndCheckAddress after validateFleetHost
+ * for DNS-named hosts.
+ */
+function validateFleetHost(input) {
+  const { name, hostname, port, tags } = input || {};
+
+  if (typeof name !== 'string' || name.length === 0 || name.length > 100) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'INVALID_NAME',
+      message: 'name is required and must be 1..100 characters',
+    };
+  }
+  // Disallow control chars in name (newlines would let a stored name break
+  // log-file formats and could enable log injection if not properly escaped).
+  if (/[\x00-\x1f]/.test(name)) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'INVALID_NAME',
+      message: 'name must not contain control characters',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (typeof hostname !== 'string' || hostname.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'INVALID_HOSTNAME',
+      message: 'hostname is required',
+    };
+  }
+  // Hard syntax check (catches obvious junk before any DNS call). Use
+  // `net.isIP` to detect literal IPv4/IPv6 (handles both pure-v6 AND the
+  // IPv4-mapped v6 `::ffff:x.y.z.w` correctly), then fall back to the
+  // RFC 1123 DNS-name check.
+  const syntaxIpFamily = require('net').isIP(hostname);
+  if (syntaxIpFamily === 0 && !isValidHostnameSyntax(hostname)) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'INVALID_HOSTNAME',
+      message: 'hostname must be a valid IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or DNS name',
+    };
+  }
+  // If it's a literal IP, run the private-range check synchronously here.
+  // Use `net.isIP` to distinguish a real IPv4 dotted-quad or IPv6 from
+  // URL-shaped junk like `http://evil.com` (which contains both `:` and `.`
+  // but is not a valid IP literal).
+  const net = require('net');
+  const ipFamily = net.isIP(hostname);
+  if (ipFamily === 4) {
+    const v4Check = isPrivateOrReservedIPv4(hostname);
+    if (v4Check.isPrivate) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        code: 'PRIVATE_IPV4',
+        message: `IPv4 address "${hostname}" is a ${v4Check.label} address; set FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true to opt in`,
+      };
+    }
+  } else if (ipFamily === 6) {
+    const v6Check = isPrivateOrReservedIPv6(hostname);
+    if (v6Check.isPrivate) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        code: 'PRIVATE_IPV6',
+        message: `IPv6 address "${hostname}" is a ${v6Check.label} address; set FLEET_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=true to opt in`,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Port bounds + SSH sentinel.
+  const portNum = Number(port);
+  if (!Number.isInteger(portNum) || portNum < 1 || portNum > 65535) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'INVALID_PORT',
+      message: 'port must be an integer in 1..65535',
+    };
+  }
+  if (portNum === 22) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: 'INVALID_PORT',
+      message: 'port 22 is reserved (SSH); the fleet API probe is HTTP, not SSH',
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Tags — array of short strings.
+  if (tags !== undefined) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(tags)) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        code: 'INVALID_TAGS',
+        message: 'tags must be an array of strings',
+      };
+    }
+    if (tags.length > 20) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        code: 'INVALID_TAGS',
+        message: 'tags may contain at most 20 entries',
+      };
+    }
+    for (const t of tags) {
+      if (typeof t !== 'string' || t.length === 0 || t.length > 50) {
+        return {
+          ok: false,
+          code: 'INVALID_TAGS',
+          message: 'each tag must be a string of 1..50 characters',
+        };
+      }
+      if (/[\x00-\x1f]/.test(t)) {
+        return {
+          ok: false,
+          code: 'INVALID_TAGS',
+          message: 'tags must not contain control characters',
+        };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    normalized: {
+      name: name.trim(),
+      hostname: hostname.toLowerCase(),
+      port: portNum,
+      tags: tags || [],
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  validateFleetHost,
+  resolveAndCheckAddress,
+  isPrivateOrReservedIPv4,
+  isPrivateOrReservedIPv6,
+  isValidHostnameSyntax,
+};