request-filtering-agent

An http(s).Agent class block the request to Private IP addresses and Reserved IP addresses.

It helps to prevent server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack.

• What is SSRF (Server-side request forgery)? Tutorial & Examples

This library depends on ipaddr.js definitions. This library blocks the request to these IP addresses by default.

• Private IPv4 addresses
• Private IPv6 addresses
• Link-local addresses
• Reserved IP addresses

So, This library block the request to non-unicast IP addresses.

:warning: Node.js's built-in fetch does not support http.Agent.

• Passing a custom agent to fetch() · Issue #1489 · nodejs/undici

Support http.Agent libraries

This library provides Node.js's http.Agent implementation. http.Agent is supported by popular library.

• Node.js's built-in http and https
• node-fetch
• Request
  • :memo: request's agent may be insecure
  • CVE-2023-28155 Request allows a bypass of SSRF mitigations via an attacker-controller server that does a cross-protocol redirect · Issue #3442 · request/request
  • Server-Side Request Forgery in Request · CVE-2023-28155 · GitHub Advisory Database
• node-http-proxy
• axios
• got

request-filtering-agent works with these libraries!

Install

Install with npm:

npm install request-filtering-agent

Support Node.js version

| Version | Node.js 12 | Node.js 14 | Node.js 16 | Node.js 18 | Node.js 20 | | :------ | :--------- | :--------- | :--------- | :--------- | :---------- | | v1.x.x | Support | Support | Support | Support | Not Support | | v2.0.0 | No Support | No Support | No Support | Support | Support |

Usage

useAgent(url, options) return an agent for the url.

The agent blocks the request to Private network and Reserved IP addresses by default.

const fetch = require("node-fetch");
const { useAgent } = require("request-filtering-agent");
const url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/';
fetch(url, {
    // use http or https agent for url
    agent: useAgent(url)
}).catch(err => {
    console.err(err); // DNS lookup 127.0.0.1(family:4, host:127.0.0.1.nip.io) is not allowed. Because, It is private IP address.
});

request-filtering-agent support loopback domain like nip.io. This library detects the IP address that is dns lookup-ed.

$ dig 127.0.0.1.nip.io

;127.0.0.1.nip.io.		IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
127.0.0.1.nip.io.	300	IN	A	127.0.0.1

Example code:

const fetch = require("node-fetch");
const { useAgent } = require("request-filtering-agent");
const url = 'http://127.0.0.1.nip.io:8080/';
fetch(url, {
    agent: useAgent(url) // use http or https agent for url
}).catch(err => {
    console.err(err); // DNS lookup 127.0.0.1(family:4, host:127.0.0.1.nip.io) is not allowed. Because, It is private IP address.
});

It will prevent DNS rebinding

API

export interface RequestFilteringAgentOptions {
    // Allow to connect private IP address
    // This includes Private IP addresses and Reserved IP addresses.
    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network
    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses
    // Example, http://127.0.0.1/, http://localhost/, https://169.254.169.254/
    // Default: false
    allowPrivateIPAddress?: boolean;
    // Allow to connect meta address 0.0.0.0
    // 0.0.0.0 (IPv4) and :: (IPv6) a meta address that routing another address
    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses
    // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6890
    // Default: false
    allowMetaIPAddress?: boolean;
    // Allow address list
    // This values are preferred than denyAddressList
    // Default: []
    allowIPAddressList?: string[];
    // Deny address list
    // Default: []
    denyIPAddressList?: string[];
}
/**
 * A subclass of http.Agent with request filtering
 */
export declare class RequestFilteringHttpAgent extends http.Agent {
    constructor(options?: http.AgentOptions & RequestFilteringAgentOptions);
}
/**
 * A subclass of https.Agent with request filtering
 */
export declare class RequestFilteringHttpsAgent extends https.Agent {
    constructor(options?: https.AgentOptions & RequestFilteringAgentOptions);
}
export declare const globalHttpAgent: RequestFilteringHttpAgent;
export declare const globalHttpsAgent: RequestFilteringHttpsAgent;
/**
 * Get an agent for the url
 * return http or https agent
 * @param url
 */
export declare const useAgent: (url: string, options?: https.AgentOptions & RequestFilteringAgentOptions) => RequestFilteringHttpAgent | RequestFilteringHttpsAgent;

Example: Create an Agent with options

An agent that allow requesting 127.0.0.1, but it disallows other Private IP.

const fetch = require("node-fetch");
const { RequestFilteringHttpAgent } = require("request-filtering-agent");

// Create http agent that allow 127.0.0.1, but it disallow other private ip
const agent = new RequestFilteringHttpAgent({
    allowIPAddressList: ["127.0.0.1"], // it is preferred than allowPrivateIPAddress option
    allowPrivateIPAddress: false, // Default: false
});
// 127.0.0.1 is private ip address, but it is allowed
const url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/';
fetch(url, {
    agent: agent
}).then(res => {
    console.log(res); // OK
});

Related

• welefen/ssrf-agent: make http(s) request to prevent SSRF
  • It provides only high level wrapper
  • It only handles Private IP address that is definition in node-ip
    • Missing Meta IP Address like 0.0.0.0

Changelog

See Releases page.

Running tests

Install devDependencies and Run yarn test:

yarn test

:memo: This testing require IPv6 supports:

• Travis CI: NG
• GitHub Actions: OK

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome.

For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

For security issue, please see SECURITY.md

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

Author

• github/azu
• twitter/azu_re

License

MIT © azu