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The OpenShift Router previously did not validate backend destinations resolved from FQDN-typed EndpointSlices. This allowed the usage of invalid EndpointSlices to target hostnames that resolves to restricted IPs (like the cloud metadata service at 169.254.169.254).

This commit disables the usage of EndpointSlices of type FQDN, and add validations on Endpoints to check if a restricted IP is being used before adding them to HAProxy endpoints Backend.

The implementation and disabling the usage of FQDN-backed endpoints is based on the following:

  • RFE-2832 to implement support for ExternalName was considered and rejected due to security concerns, so OpenShift today does not support officially the usage of FQDN-based endpoints on router
  • OCPBUGS-55506 relates to a mistake caused by the customer that caused unavailability and not the need to support FQDN-based names
  • The behavior of an endpointslice of type FQDN is deprecated on Kubernetes
  • The behavior of an endpointslice using an address that is not IPv4 or IPv6 (eg.: hostname) is unespecified by Kubernetes and has no usage.
  • The hostname field on endpointslice is not used on router

This way, there is a common understanding that the usage of FQDN based addresses on Router was a mistake, and disabling it is the right fix.

Additional validations of the IP address on the generated endpointnt array is added to guarantee that no invalid nor restricted IP is used.

Backported : #841

Notes for reviewers on this backport:

  • pkg/cmd/infra/router/template.go: the upstream fix's diff context included an unrelated AllowExternalCertificates block (from a separate feature not present on 4.15). That block was dropped from this backport since it does not belong here; only the actual fix line (plugin = controller.NewExtendedValidator(plugin, recorder, o.ExtendedValidation)) was applied.
  • pkg/router/controller/extended_validator.go: OpenShift 4.15 uses Go 1.20, which does not have the standard library slices package (introduced in Go 1.21). Swapped the import to golang.org/x/exp/slices, which provides the same DeleteFunc API. Bumped golang.org/x/exp to the earliest available version containing DeleteFunc (v0.0.0-20230807204917-050eac23e9de), which itself requires exactly go 1.20 — matching this branch's Go version with no forced upgrade.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Added validation to ignore unsupported endpoint address types.
    • Filtered invalid, restricted, loopback, link-local, multicast, unspecified, and cloud metadata IP addresses from endpoint data.
    • Preserved endpoint deletion handling and caller-owned data.
    • Extended route validation can now be explicitly enabled or disabled.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive coverage for IPv4, IPv6, hostname, FQDN, and invalid endpoint scenarios.

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@MrSanketkumar: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-86723, which is invalid:

  • expected dependent Jira Issue OCPBUGS-86724 to be in one of the following states: VERIFIED, RELEASE PENDING, CLOSED (ERRATA), CLOSED (CURRENT RELEASE), CLOSED (DONE), CLOSED (DONE-ERRATA), but it is ASSIGNED instead

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The OpenShift Router previously did not validate backend destinations resolved from FQDN-typed EndpointSlices. This allowed the usage of invalid EndpointSlices to target hostnames that resolves to restricted IPs (like the cloud metadata service at 169.254.169.254).

This commit disables the usage of EndpointSlices of type FQDN, and add validations on Endpoints to check if a restricted IP is being used before adding them to HAProxy endpoints Backend.

The implementation and disabling the usage of FQDN-backed endpoints is based on the following:

  • RFE-2832 to implement support for ExternalName was considered and rejected due to security concerns, so OpenShift today does not support officially the usage of FQDN-based endpoints on router
  • OCPBUGS-55506 relates to a mistake caused by the customer that caused unavailability and not the need to support FQDN-based names
  • The behavior of an endpointslice of type FQDN is deprecated on Kubernetes
  • The behavior of an endpointslice using an address that is not IPv4 or IPv6 (eg.: hostname) is unespecified by Kubernetes and has no usage.
  • The hostname field on endpointslice is not used on router

This way, there is a common understanding that the usage of FQDN based addresses on Router was a mistake, and disabling it is the right fix.

Additional validations of the IP address on the generated endpointnt array is added to guarantee that no invalid nor restricted IP is used.

Backported : #841

Notes for reviewers on this backport:

  • pkg/cmd/infra/router/template.go: the upstream fix's diff context included an unrelated AllowExternalCertificates block (from a separate feature not present on 4.15). That block was dropped from this backport since it does not belong here; only the actual fix line (plugin = controller.NewExtendedValidator(plugin, recorder, o.ExtendedValidation)) was applied.
  • pkg/router/controller/extended_validator.go: OpenShift 4.15 uses Go 1.20, which does not have the standard library slices package (introduced in Go 1.21). Swapped the import to golang.org/x/exp/slices, which provides the same DeleteFunc API. Bumped golang.org/x/exp to the earliest available version containing DeleteFunc (v0.0.0-20230807204917-050eac23e9de), which itself requires exactly go 1.20 — matching this branch's Go version with no forced upgrade.

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Changes

The router now filters restricted endpoint addresses, skips unsupported EndpointSlice address types, and applies extended route validation through a constructor flag. Tests cover address parsing, filtering, conversion, deletion events, and input immutability.

Endpoint validation and address filtering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Endpoint address filtering
pkg/router/controller/extended_validator.go, pkg/router/controller/extended_validator_test.go, go.mod
ExtendedValidator filters invalid addresses from copied endpoint objects, preserves deletion events, validates restricted IP forms, and conditionally validates routes. Tests cover these behaviors and the required dependencies are updated.
EndpointSlice address-type handling
pkg/router/controller/endpointsubset/*, pkg/router/controller/factory/factory_endpointslices_test.go
EndpointSlice conversion logs and skips unsupported address types. Tests cover IPv4, IPv6, FQDN, unknown, empty, and mixed inputs.
Validator chain integration
pkg/cmd/infra/router/template.go, pkg/router/template/plugin_test.go
The router always includes ExtendedValidator and passes the configured validation flag. The plugin test enables the validator explicitly.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to ea0ea

On Alibaba Cloud, a crafted endpoint can expose instance metadata through the router. The metadata address should be blocked before merge; route cleanup errors should also be preserved.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant EndpointSlice
  participant ConvertEndpointSlice
  participant ExtendedValidator
  participant RouterPlugin
  EndpointSlice->>ConvertEndpointSlice: address type and endpoint data
  ConvertEndpointSlice->>ExtendedValidator: converted endpoint subsets
  ExtendedValidator->>ExtendedValidator: remove restricted addresses
  ExtendedValidator->>RouterPlugin: sanitized endpoint event
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No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ❌ Error The pull request adds production logging that can expose internal hostnames and customer-controlled endpoint data. In pkg/router/controller/extended_validator.go:71, filterValidAddresses passes th… Do not log raw endpoint addresses or validation error strings that contain them. Log only a generic validation category, such as invalid, restricted, or unsupported address, and use non-sensitive counters or redacted identifiers if operatio…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 20 functions across 7 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the security fix for SSRF through FQDN-typed EndpointSlices and includes the relevant issue reference.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed The changed tests use the standard Go testing package, not Ginkgo. The PR adds no It, Describe, Context, or similar Ginkgo title calls. Added t.Run names are static table literals and contai…
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds or modifies standard Go tests using testing.T and t.Run, plus testify/go-cmp. The changed test files contain no Ginkgo constructs or ginkgo/gomega dependencies,…
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed No new Ginkgo e2e tests were added. The changed test files use Go's testing package and Test... functions, with no It, Describe, Context, When, Ginkgo, Gomega, or exutil usage. The only …
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds or updates only Go unit tests using the standard testing package and testify. The changed test files contain no Ginkgo declarations or imports, and no e2e tests were ad…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes router endpoint conversion and validation, constructor wiring, tests, and dependencies. The actual patch changes no deployment manifests and adds no scheduling constrain…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed No pull-request-caused stdout contract violation was found. The production diff adds logger calls only inside ConvertEndpointSlice, HandleEndpoints, and HandleRoute, plus validator setup inside …
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The feature commit adds and modifies standard Go unit tests only. The changed test files use testing.T and t.Run; they add no Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, or When tests. The IPv4 li…
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes EndpointSlice validation, IP filtering, constructor wiring, tests, and dependencies. The functional diff adds no MD5, SHA1, DES, 3DES, RC4, Blowfish, or ECB usage, and it adds no …
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed No privilege-related configuration was added by the pull request. The full PR patch adds no privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, or allowPrivilegeEscalation settings. The …
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The pull request adds production logging that can expose internal hostnames and customer-controlled endpoint data. In pkg/router/controller/extended_validator.go:71, filterValidAddresses passes the raw addr.IP to log.Error and also embeds it in the error text. Invalid endpoint values can be arbitrary hostnames; the added tests use metadata.google.internal and evil.example.com, so those values can reach the log. The log is an Error-level log and is not gated by verbosity. converter.go:18 also logs user-controlled EndpointSlice namespace and name for unsupported slices.

Resolution

Do not log raw endpoint addresses or validation error strings that contain them. Log only a generic validation category, such as invalid, restricted, or unsupported address, and use non-sensitive counters or redacted identifiers if operational context is required. Review the EndpointSlice skip log and remove or redact namespace and name if they can contain customer-controlled data.

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IPv4-compatible form, ensuring each is rejected before reaching the backend
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if addr.IsMulticast() {
return fmt.Errorf("IP address %s is a restricted multicast IP", addr)
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The IP address 100.100.100.200 is the dedicated MetaServer endpoint for Alibaba Cloud [1][2]. It is a link-local address used by Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances and Elastic Container Instances (ECI) to access instance metadata, such as instance IDs, network configurations, and temporary security credentials for RAM roles [1][3][4]. Key details regarding this endpoint include: Accessibility: The endpoint is accessible only from within the instance itself over its virtual network interface [1]. Requests from outside the instance are not routed [1]. Authentication: Alibaba Cloud supports a security hardening mode that requires clients to obtain a temporary token via a PUT request before accessing metadata [1][5]. This mechanism helps protect against Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, as attackers cannot easily initiate the required PUT request to obtain a token [1]. Common Usage: - Metadata retrieval: Applications can query various metadata items (e.g., instance-id, region, zone) using HTTP GET requests (e.g., http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/instance-id) [1][3]. - RAM Role credentials: Applications can retrieve temporary security credentials by querying specific paths within the metadata service, which allows the Alibaba Cloud SDKs to manage access automatically [4][6]. - Dynamic data: It provides access to dynamic information, such as instance identity documents and PKCS7 signatures, for authentication and identification purposes [5]. This MetaServer address is a foundational service component and is managed by Alibaba Cloud's infrastructure [2][7].

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SSRF (CWE-918): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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log.Error(err, "skipping route due to invalid configuration", "route", routeName)

p.recorder.RecordRouteRejection(route, "ExtendedValidationFailed", err.Error())
p.plugin.HandleRoute(watch.Deleted, route)

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Propagate the rejected-route cleanup error.

router.Plugin.HandleRoute returns an error, but line 177 discards the result. If cleanup fails, RouterController.processRoute receives only invalid route configuration, so the cleanup failure is hidden and the rejected route may remain in the next plugin. Capture the deletion error and combine it with the validation error, for example with errors.Join.

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Cluster Version

oc get clusterversion

Output

NAME      VERSION                                                AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.15.0-0-2026-09-15-050525-test-ci-ln-b99kb3t-latest   True        False         66m     Cluster version is 4.15.0-0-2026-09-15-050525-test-ci-ln-b99kb3t-latest

SSRF Protection Validation - EndpointSlice Verification Results

Test Environment Setup

Create test namespace and service

oc create namespace ssrf-test

oc -n ssrf-test create service clusterip metadata-svc --tcp=80:80

oc -n ssrf-test patch svc metadata-svc --type=json \
-p='[{"op":"remove","path":"/spec/selector"}]'

Create route

CLUSTER_DOMAIN=$(oc get ingresses.config cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.domain}')

oc -n ssrf-test expose svc metadata-svc \
--hostname=ssrf-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}

Save URL

TEST_URL="http://ssrf-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}/latest/meta-data/"

Test 1: FQDN EndpointSlice (Layer 1)

EndpointSlice

 cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-fqdn
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: FQDN
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "metadata.google.internal"
ports:
  - port: 80
EOF
Warning: spec.addressType: FQDN endpoints are deprecated
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-fqdn created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503
 
oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "unsupported address type"pe"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
I0717 06:18:42.188302       1 converter.go:18] "msg"="Skipping EndpointSlice with unsupported address type" "addressType"="FQDN" "logger"="endpointsubset" "name"="test-fqdn" "namespace"="ssrf-test"

Test 2: IPv6 Hex Metadata IP (Layer 2 Pass 2)

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-ipv6-metadata-hex
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "::a9fe:a9fe"
ports:
  - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-ipv6-metadata-hex created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "a9fe"fe"
**Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
E0907 11:04:53.167217       1 extended_validator.go:70] "msg"="Skipping endpoint address with restricted or invalid IP" "error"="IP address 169.254.169.254 is a restricted link-local IP" "address"="::a9fe:a9fe" "logger"="controller"**

Test 3: IPv6 Hex Loopback (Layer 2 Pass 2)

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-ipv6-loopback-hex
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "::7f00:1"
ports:
  - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-ipv6-loopback-hex created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "7f00"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
E0907 11:04:53.167217       1 extended_validator.go:70] "msg"="Skipping endpoint address with restricted or invalid IP" "error"="IP address 127.0.0.1 is a restricted loopback IP" "address"="::7f00:1" "logger"="controller"

Test 4: AWS IPv6 IMDS (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-aws-ipv6-imds
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "fd00:ec2::254"
ports:
  - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-aws-ipv6-imds created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "fd00"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
E0907 11:04:53.167217       1 extended_validator.go:70] "msg"="Skipping endpoint address with restricted or invalid IP" "error"="IP address fd00:ec2::254 is a restricted cloud metadata IP" "address"="fd00:ec2::254" "logger"="controller"

Test 5: IPv6 Loopback (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-ipv6-loopback
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "::1"
ports:
  - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-loopback.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "::1"

Output


Reason:
::1 is a reserved IPv6 loopback address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 6: IPv6 Link-Local (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-ipv6-linklocal
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "fe80::1"
ports:
  - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-linklocal.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "fe80"

Output


Reason:
fe80::1 is a reserved IPv6 link-local address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 7: IPv6 Multicast (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-ipv6-multicast
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "ff02::1"
ports:
  - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-multicast.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "ff02"

Output


Reason:
ff02::1 is a reserved multicast address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 8: IPv6 Unspecified (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-ipv6-unspecified
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "::"
ports:
  - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-unspecified.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "unspecified"

Output


Reason:
:: is a reserved IPv6 unspecified address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 9: Valid IPv6 Pass-Through

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
  name: test-valid-ipv6
  namespace: ssrf-test
  labels:
    kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
  - addresses:
      - "2001:db8::1"
ports:
  - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-valid-ipv6 created

Verification

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "2001"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj (EXPECTED)
Expected Results:
No log line found regarding this address being restricted.
The router accepts it as a valid backend.

Test 10: Normal Application Regression Test

oc -n ssrf-test new-app --image=openshift/hello-openshift --name=hello
oc -n ssrf-test expose svc hello --hostname=hello-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}
# Wait for pod to be ready
oc -n ssrf-test wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app=hello --timeout=60s
--> Found container image 7af3297 (8 years old) from Docker Hub for "openshift/hello-openshift"

    * An image stream tag will be created as "hello:latest" that will track this image

--> Creating resources ...
    imagestream.image.openshift.io "hello" created
    deployment.apps "hello" created
    service "hello" created
--> Success
    Application is not exposed. You can expose services to the outside world by executing one or more of the commands below:
     'oc expose service/hello' 
    Run 'oc status' to view your app.
route.route.openshift.io/hello exposed

Verification

curl -s http://hello-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}
Hello OpenShift!

Note

Kubernetes/OpenShift prevent the creation of EndpointSlices that reference special-purpose IP address ranges, including loopback (127.0.0.0/8, ::1/128), unspecified (0.0.0.0, ::), multicast (224.0.0.0/4, ff00::/8), and other non-routable address ranges such as link-local addresses (169.254.0.0/16, fe80::/10) because of the built-in validation implemented by Kubernetes/OpenShift.

Tests 5–8 are blocked by Kubernetes/OpenShift built-in EndpointSlice validation before reaching the router SSRF validation logic.

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Cluster Version

oc get clusterversion

Output

NAME      VERSION                                                AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.15.0-0-2026-09-15-050525-test-ci-ln-b99kb3t-latest   True        False         66m     Cluster version is 4.15.0-0-2026-09-15-050525-test-ci-ln-b99kb3t-latest

SSRF Protection Validation - EndpointSlice Verification Results

Test Environment Setup

Create test namespace and service

oc create namespace ssrf-test

oc -n ssrf-test create service clusterip metadata-svc --tcp=80:80

oc -n ssrf-test patch svc metadata-svc --type=json \
-p='[{"op":"remove","path":"/spec/selector"}]'

Create route

CLUSTER_DOMAIN=$(oc get ingresses.config cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.domain}')

oc -n ssrf-test expose svc metadata-svc \
--hostname=ssrf-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}

Save URL

TEST_URL="http://ssrf-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}/latest/meta-data/"

Test 1: FQDN EndpointSlice (Layer 1)

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-fqdn
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: FQDN
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "metadata.google.internal"
ports:
 - port: 80
EOF
Warning: spec.addressType: FQDN endpoints are deprecated
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-fqdn created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "unsupported address type"pe"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
I0717 06:18:42.188302       1 converter.go:18] "msg"="Skipping EndpointSlice with unsupported address type" "addressType"="FQDN" "logger"="endpointsubset" "name"="test-fqdn" "namespace"="ssrf-test"

Test 2: IPv6 Hex Metadata IP (Layer 2 Pass 2)

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-ipv6-metadata-hex
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "::a9fe:a9fe"
ports:
 - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-ipv6-metadata-hex created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "a9fe"fe"
**Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
E0907 11:04:53.167217       1 extended_validator.go:70] "msg"="Skipping endpoint address with restricted or invalid IP" "error"="IP address 169.254.169.254 is a restricted link-local IP" "address"="::a9fe:a9fe" "logger"="controller"**

Test 3: IPv6 Hex Loopback (Layer 2 Pass 2)

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-ipv6-loopback-hex
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "::7f00:1"
ports:
 - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-ipv6-loopback-hex created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "7f00"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
E0907 11:04:53.167217       1 extended_validator.go:70] "msg"="Skipping endpoint address with restricted or invalid IP" "error"="IP address 127.0.0.1 is a restricted loopback IP" "address"="::7f00:1" "logger"="controller"

Test 4: AWS IPv6 IMDS (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-aws-ipv6-imds
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "fd00:ec2::254"
ports:
 - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-aws-ipv6-imds created

Verification

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL
503

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "fd00"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj
E0907 11:04:53.167217       1 extended_validator.go:70] "msg"="Skipping endpoint address with restricted or invalid IP" "error"="IP address fd00:ec2::254 is a restricted cloud metadata IP" "address"="fd00:ec2::254" "logger"="controller"

Test 5: IPv6 Loopback (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-ipv6-loopback
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "::1"
ports:
 - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-loopback.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "::1"

Output


Reason:
::1 is a reserved IPv6 loopback address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 6: IPv6 Link-Local (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-ipv6-linklocal
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "fe80::1"
ports:
 - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-linklocal.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "fe80"

Output


Reason:
fe80::1 is a reserved IPv6 link-local address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 7: IPv6 Multicast (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-ipv6-multicast
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "ff02::1"
ports:
 - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-multicast.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "ff02"

Output


Reason:
ff02::1 is a reserved multicast address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 8: IPv6 Unspecified (Layer 2 Pass 1)

EndpointSlice

apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-ipv6-unspecified
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "::"
ports:
 - port: 80

Verification

oc apply -f test-ipv6-unspecified.yaml

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $TEST_URL

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "unspecified"

Output


Reason:
:: is a reserved IPv6 unspecified address.

Router log:
No output because EndpointSlice was not created.

Test 9: Valid IPv6 Pass-Through

EndpointSlice

cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: discovery.k8s.io/v1
kind: EndpointSlice
metadata:
 name: test-valid-ipv6
 namespace: ssrf-test
 labels:
   kubernetes.io/service-name: metadata-svc
addressType: IPv6
endpoints:
 - addresses:
     - "2001:db8::1"
ports:
 - port: 80
EOF
endpointslice.discovery.k8s.io/test-valid-ipv6 created

Verification

oc -n openshift-ingress logs deployment/router-default | grep "restricted" | grep "2001"
Found 2 pods, using pod/router-default-7959cd787d-kntvj (EXPECTED)
Expected Results:
No log line found regarding this address being restricted.
The router accepts it as a valid backend.

Test 10: Normal Application Regression Test

oc -n ssrf-test new-app --image=openshift/hello-openshift --name=hello
oc -n ssrf-test expose svc hello --hostname=hello-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}
# Wait for pod to be ready
oc -n ssrf-test wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app=hello --timeout=60s
--> Found container image 7af3297 (8 years old) from Docker Hub for "openshift/hello-openshift"

   * An image stream tag will be created as "hello:latest" that will track this image

--> Creating resources ...
   imagestream.image.openshift.io "hello" created
   deployment.apps "hello" created
   service "hello" created
--> Success
   Application is not exposed. You can expose services to the outside world by executing one or more of the commands below:
    'oc expose service/hello' 
   Run 'oc status' to view your app.
route.route.openshift.io/hello exposed

Verification

curl -s http://hello-test.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}
Hello OpenShift!

Note

Kubernetes/OpenShift prevent the creation of EndpointSlices that reference special-purpose IP address ranges, including loopback (127.0.0.0/8, ::1/128), unspecified (0.0.0.0, ::), multicast (224.0.0.0/4, ff00::/8), and other non-routable address ranges such as link-local addresses (169.254.0.0/16, fe80::/10) because of the built-in validation implemented by Kubernetes/OpenShift.

Tests 5–8 are blocked by Kubernetes/OpenShift built-in EndpointSlice validation before reaching the router SSRF validation logic.

/verified by ci

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