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fix(mcp-store): connect upstream MCP fetches to the validated address - #102376
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The MCP Store proxy and tool sync validated an upstream URL and then let httpx resolve the host again when opening the connection. The connection now goes to the address the validation returned, with the host name kept for the Host header and TLS. Environment proxies keep resolving the name themselves, because the CONNECT tunnel cannot present the name for a pinned address.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds an SSRF-hardened HTTPX client that connects to validated IP addresses while preserving the original hostname for headers and TLS SNI. MCP URL policy now returns Priority: ➖ Normal Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Proxied MCP requests may reach blocked internal destinations and transmit credentials after DNS rebinding. This security boundary should be fixed or explicitly enforced at the proxy before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 1✅ Passed checks (1 passed)
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In `@posthog/security/pinned_httpx.py`:
- Around line 81-82: Update PinnedClient transport initialization around
_init_transport and trust_environment_proxy so validated pinned URLs cannot be
re-resolved by an environment proxy. For pinned requests, disable environment
proxy use with trust_env=False when direct egress is supported; otherwise route
through a transport that preserves pinned destination resolution or enforce
equivalent documented proxy filtering for private, loopback, link-local, and
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- Author wrote 36% of the modified lines and has 51 merged PRs in these paths (familiarity MODERATE).
- 👍 on the PR from greptile-apps[bot].
- Greptile's P1 finding on posthog/security/pinned_httpx.py (permanent URL rewrite breaks cookie handling across pinned requests) is unresolved and still present in the current diff — the transport never restores the original request.url after the inner transport call.
- This touches the SSRF/egress-protection surface directly, so an unresolved correctness concern in that path is a showstopper rather than routine cleanup.
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Approved.
This is a security-sensitive SSRF-hardening change, but the author is a member of the owning team (@PostHog/team-self-driving), which satisfies the independent-assurance requirement for risky territory. Reading the diff confirms the implementation matches the description (fail-closed proxy allowlist, hostname preserved for TLS SNI/cookies, request URL restored after errors) and that the CodeRabbit and Greptile concerns raised on an earlier commit are addressed by the current code and covered by new tests; no reviewer left unresolved concerns against the current head and there's no in-flight review or maintainer hold.
- Author wrote 36% of the modified lines and has 39 merged PRs in these paths (familiarity MODERATE).
- 👍 on the PR from greptile-apps[bot].
- Empty default for SSRF_TRUSTED_PROXY_URLS will fail-closed any existing MCP proxy routes until operators configure it — disclosed in the PR description as a rollout requirement, but worth the owning team double-checking rollout sequencing.
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Problem
MCP Store requests can reach a different address from the one URL validation accepted.
Why: DNS pinning must preserve configured egress controls and TLS certificate verification.
Changes
NO_PROXYstill selects the pinned direct transport.Warning
Verify proxy-side filtering and configure
SSRF_TRUSTED_PROXY_URLSbefore deployment. Its empty default blocks existing proxy routes.Live proxy filtering is not verified by this PR's local tests.
+ SSRF_TRUSTED_PROXY_URLS=http://egress.example.com:3128Before:
flowchart LR Check[URL validation] --> Client[HTTP client] Client --> Direct[Direct DNS lookup] Client --> Proxy[Proxy DNS lookup] Direct --> Server[Upstream server] Proxy --> Server classDef phYellow fill:#f9bd2b,stroke:#f9bd2b,color:#000; classDef phBlue fill:#1d4aff,stroke:#1d4aff,color:#fff; classDef phRed fill:#f54e00,stroke:#f54e00,color:#fff; class Check phYellow; class Client,Direct phBlue; class Proxy,Server phRed;After:
flowchart LR Check[URL validation] --> Route{Selected route} Route -->|Direct or NO_PROXY|Pin[Validated IP] Route -->|Listed proxy|Proxy[Proxy validates destination] Route -->|Unlisted proxy|Block[Block request] Pin --> Server[Upstream server] Proxy --> Server classDef phYellow fill:#f9bd2b,stroke:#f9bd2b,color:#000; classDef phBlue fill:#1d4aff,stroke:#1d4aff,color:#fff; classDef phRed fill:#f54e00,stroke:#f54e00,color:#fff; class Check,Block phYellow; class Route,Pin phBlue; class Proxy,Server phRed;Internal endpoint exceptions retain direct routing. The separate async MCP client remains outside this change. No UI layout changes.
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None. Proxy rollout requirements remain in this PR description.
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Autonomy: Human-driven (agent-assisted)
Agent: PostHog Slack app. Model for this update:
gpt-6-astra. Original implementation: Claude Code, Fable 5.1./security-audit,/writing-tests,/writing-code-comments,/writing-user-facing-copy,/writing-pr-descriptions,/routing-outbound-api-calls,/running-ci-preflight,/reviewing-with-coderabbit.finally. Transport tests record request metadata before restoration.Created with PostHog from a Slack thread