feat(policies): add option to block private network destinations for policy http requests

[migmartri]

What

Adds an opt-in option to block private network destinations for the HTTP requests made during policy evaluation and for remote policy fetches.

• New shared package pkg/netguard with the dial-time guard previously private to the plugin SDK (PublicTargetsOnly). It checks the resolved IP at connect time (so a host name cannot resolve to a different address between check and connection), covers every redirect hop, blocks loopback, RFC 1918, link-local, CGNAT, ULA and IPv6 forms of IPv4, and disables the environment proxy. The plugin SDK HTTP client now uses it; plugin behavior is unchanged.
• New engine.WithPublicTargetsOnly() option for the rego engine. When set, http.send connects through the guarded transport (in both restrictive and permissive modes, and for Verify, MatchesParameters and MatchesEvaluation).
• New policies.WithPublicTargetsOnly() verifier option. It enables the engine option and routes the http(s):// fetches of policy specs, policy groups and policy scripts through a guarded client.
• Remote policy, group and script fetches now share one helper that refuses non-2xx responses.

The option is off by default, so the CLI and other evaluations in a user's own environment keep reaching internal hosts. Built-in policies are not affected: the only ones using http.send target https://www.cisa.gov.

The WASM engine does not support the option yet; its HTTP host function uses its own client.

Testing

• pkg/netguard: every blocked range, a public address, a redirect to a private address, a DNS answer that changes from public to private between connections, transport proxy removal.
• Rego engine: http.send to a loopback server with the option on (blocked, zero requests reach the server) and off (reached), in both operating modes.
• Policy verifier: end-to-end evaluation with an embedded policy calling http.send, plus spec, group and script loaders, each with the option on and off.
• Existing plugin tests pass unchanged.

This PR was written with AI assistance (Claude Code).

🤖 Posted by Maximus bot (Claude Code) on behalf of @migmartri using the eng-autopilot skill

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PR validation — ✅ 3 passing

Status	Policy	Material	Messages
✅ Passed	pr-min-approvals	pr-info	-
✅ Passed	pr-description-required	pr-info	-
✅ Passed	pr-user-story-linked	pr-info	-

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AI Session Checks — 🟡 83% · ✅ 0 failing

Avg score	Sessions	Failing policies	Attribution	Files	Lines	Total Duration
🟡 83%	1	✅ 0	100% AI / 0% Human	13	+1061 / -360	33m4s

🟡 83% — 100% AI — ✅ All policies passing

Oct 9, 2026 13:24 UTC · 33m4s · $21.00 · 676 in / 206.9k out · claude-code 2.1.295 (claude-opus-5-5)

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Change Summary

• Moves the outbound public-target guard into pkg/netguard and keeps the plugin SDK using it.
• Adds WithPublicTargetsOnly() wiring for rego http.send plus guarded policy, group, and script fetches.
• Adds focused tests for the guard and follow-up fixes for DialTLS, NAT64 local-use, fail-closed group loads, and URL redaction.

AI Session Overall Score

🟡 83% — Well-tested hardening work, but planning and scope discipline both showed drift.

AI Session Analysis Breakdown

🟢 92% · user-trust-signal

🟢 User follow-ups stayed calm and never turned into repeated corrections. · Medium Impact

🟢 90% · solution-quality

🟢 The guard moved into shared infrastructure instead of being copied into new call paths. · High Impact

🟢 88% · alignment

🟡 The workflow switched from the requested origin branch/push target to upstream without a confirmation turn. · Low Severity

🟡 78% · verification

🟢 The change was exercised with targeted tests, full suites, and mutation checks. · High Impact

🟠 Repeated test runs and mutation checks were strong, but no user turn confirmed the behavior worked. · Medium Severity

💡 When a session stays open for follow-ups, add one explicit post-test confirmation before treating the change as done.

🟡 72% · context-and-planning

🟠 The AI began a 13-file security change without a visible shared plan or TodoWrite step. · Medium Severity

💡 Before editing a multi-file change, write a short shared plan naming the files and phases.

🟡 70% · scope-discipline

🟠 AI-originated: remote policy fetches now reject all non-2xx responses, broadening behavior beyond the hardening ask. · Medium Severity

💡 Surface cross-cutting behavior changes before landing them, even when they arise during cleanup.

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File Attribution

████████████████████ 100% AI / 0% Human

Status	Attribution	File	Lines
modified	ai	pkg/netguard/netguard_test.go	+364 / -0
modified	ai	pkg/policies/public_targets_test.go	+266 / -0
modified	ai	app/controlplane/plugins/sdk/v1/httpclient_test.go	+0 / -201
modified	ai	pkg/netguard/netguard.go	+195 / -1
modified	ai	app/controlplane/plugins/sdk/v1/httpclient.go	+4 / -123
modified	ai	pkg/policies/engine/rego/httpsend_test.go	+68 / -0
modified	ai	pkg/policies/policies.go	+54 / -12
modified	ai	pkg/policies/loader.go	+40 / -10
modified	ai	pkg/policies/engine/rego/httpsend.go	+28 / -0
modified	ai	pkg/policies/engine/engine.go	+17 / -0
modified	ai	pkg/policies/group_loader.go	+6 / -10
modified	ai	pkg/policies/policy_groups.go	+13 / -1
modified	ai	pkg/policies/engine/rego/rego.go	+6 / -2

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Policies (4)

Status	Policy	Material	Messages
✅ Passed	ai-config-ai-agents-allowed	ai-coding-session-3cc9f6	-
✅ Passed	ai-config-no-dangerous-commands	ai-coding-session-3cc9f6	-
✅ Passed	ai-config-no-secrets	ai-coding-session-3cc9f6	-
✅ Passed	ai-config-mcp-servers-allowed	ai-coding-session-3cc9f6	-

Security Checks — ✅ 5 passing

✅ secret-scan

Status	Policy	Messages
✅ Passed	secrets-detection	-

✅ sast-scan

Status	Policy	Messages
✅ Passed	owasp-top10-2025	-
✅ Passed	sast	-
✅ Passed	cwe-top25	-
✅ Passed	cwe-top26-40-cusp	-

Scans not applied (3)

Scan	Reason
vulnerability-scan	no manifest/lockfile changed
github-actions-scan	no workflow files changed
iac-scan	no IaC files changed

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Security context

[1 file with past security fixes] Keep these rules in place. They come from 1 past fix in this repository.

 app/controlplane/plugins/sdk/v1/httpclient.go ▶

Outbound HTTP derived from integration registration data must be made through a client that enforces the deployment's target-address policy, rejecting non-public destinations unless that plugin is explicitly allowed to reach them.

Past fixes (1)

 12468d6 · CWE-918 · PARTIAL FIX

Fixes a real SSRF vulnerability in multiple built-in integration plugins by adding a guarded HTTP client for user-supplied destinations, though the generic webhook and Dependency-Track protections are opt-in for compatibility.
_{1 file · Only part of the flaw was repaired here — the rest was never fixed. Sink: http.DefaultClient.Do(req), http.Get(request.WebhookURL), http.Post(webhookURL, i.client.Do(req).}

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BEGIN CONTEXT
app/controlplane/plugins/sdk/v1/httpclient.go - 1 past fix, peak severity high
  must hold: Outbound HTTP derived from integration registration data must be made through a
    client that enforces the deployment's target-address policy, rejecting non-public
    destinations unless that plugin is explicitly allowed to reach them.
  also enforced at: 8 other entry points
  grep for: ErrBlockedTarget, PublicTargetsOnly, isPubliclyRoutable, publicOnlyDialContext,
    sdk.NewHTTPClient
END CONTEXT

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   a live bug, not a style issue.
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   past fixes here deleted it rather than guarding it, so any surviving use is a lead.
3. Where an invariant is enforced at other entry points, check that this change does not
   add one that skips it.
4. Verify before reporting. Trace attacker-controlled input to the sink, confirm the
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