diff --git a/src/tools/http_request.rs b/src/tools/http_request.rs
index 43b05ac..450bde5 100644
--- a/src/tools/http_request.rs
+++ b/src/tools/http_request.rs
@@ -377,39 +377,58 @@ fn host_matches_allowlist(host: &str, allowed_domains: &[String]) -> bool {
 }
 
 fn is_private_or_local_host(host: &str) -> bool {
-    let has_local_tld = host
+    // Strip brackets from IPv6 addresses like [::1]
+    let bare = host
+        .strip_prefix('[')
+        .and_then(|h| h.strip_suffix(']'))
+        .unwrap_or(host);
+
+    let has_local_tld = bare
         .rsplit('.')
         .next()
         .is_some_and(|label| label == "local");
 
-    if host == "localhost" || host.ends_with(".localhost") || has_local_tld || host == "::1" {
+    if bare == "localhost" || bare.ends_with(".localhost") || has_local_tld {
         return true;
     }
 
-    if let Some([a, b, _, _]) = parse_ipv4(host) {
-        return a == 0
-            || a == 10
-            || a == 127
-            || (a == 169 && b == 254)
-            || (a == 172 && (16..=31).contains(&b))
-            || (a == 192 && b == 168)
-            || (a == 100 && (64..=127).contains(&b));
+    if let Ok(ip) = bare.parse::<std::net::IpAddr>() {
+        return match ip {
+            std::net::IpAddr::V4(v4) => is_non_global_v4(v4),
+            std::net::IpAddr::V6(v6) => is_non_global_v6(v6),
+        };
     }
 
     false
 }
 
-fn parse_ipv4(host: &str) -> Option<[u8; 4]> {
-    let parts: Vec<&str> = host.split('.').collect();
-    if parts.len() != 4 {
-        return None;
-    }
+/// Returns true if the IPv4 address is not globally routable.
+fn is_non_global_v4(v4: std::net::Ipv4Addr) -> bool {
+    let [a, b, c, _] = v4.octets();
+    v4.is_loopback()                       // 127.0.0.0/8
+        || v4.is_private()                 // 10/8, 172.16/12, 192.168/16
+        || v4.is_link_local()              // 169.254.0.0/16
+        || v4.is_unspecified()             // 0.0.0.0
+        || v4.is_broadcast()              // 255.255.255.255
+        || v4.is_multicast()              // 224.0.0.0/4
+        || (a == 100 && (64..=127).contains(&b)) // Shared address space (RFC 6598)
+        || a >= 240                        // Reserved (240.0.0.0/4, except broadcast)
+        || (a == 192 && b == 0 && (c == 0 || c == 2)) // IETF assignments + TEST-NET-1
+        || (a == 198 && b == 51)           // Documentation (198.51.100.0/24)
+        || (a == 203 && b == 0)            // Documentation (203.0.113.0/24)
+        || (a == 198 && (18..=19).contains(&b)) // Benchmarking (198.18.0.0/15)
+}
 
-    let mut octets = [0_u8; 4];
-    for (i, part) in parts.iter().enumerate() {
-        octets[i] = part.parse::<u8>().ok()?;
-    }
-    Some(octets)
+/// Returns true if the IPv6 address is not globally routable.
+fn is_non_global_v6(v6: std::net::Ipv6Addr) -> bool {
+    let segs = v6.segments();
+    v6.is_loopback()                       // ::1
+        || v6.is_unspecified()             // ::
+        || v6.is_multicast()              // ff00::/8
+        || (segs[0] & 0xfe00) == 0xfc00   // Unique-local (fc00::/7)
+        || (segs[0] & 0xffc0) == 0xfe80   // Link-local (fe80::/10)
+        || (segs[0] == 0x2001 && segs[1] == 0x0db8) // Documentation (2001:db8::/32)
+        || v6.to_ipv4_mapped().is_some_and(|v4| is_non_global_v4(v4))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -546,15 +565,86 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn parse_ipv4_valid() {
-        assert_eq!(parse_ipv4("1.2.3.4"), Some([1, 2, 3, 4]));
+    fn blocks_multicast_ipv4() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("224.0.0.1"));
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("239.255.255.255"));
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn parse_ipv4_invalid() {
-        assert_eq!(parse_ipv4("1.2.3"), None);
-        assert_eq!(parse_ipv4("1.2.3.999"), None);
-        assert_eq!(parse_ipv4("not-an-ip"), None);
+    fn blocks_broadcast() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("255.255.255.255"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_reserved_ipv4() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("240.0.0.1"));
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("250.1.2.3"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_documentation_ranges() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("192.0.2.1")); // TEST-NET-1
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("198.51.100.1")); // TEST-NET-2
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("203.0.113.1")); // TEST-NET-3
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_benchmarking_range() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("198.18.0.1"));
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("198.19.255.255"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_ipv6_localhost() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("::1"));
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("[::1]"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_ipv6_multicast() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("ff02::1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_ipv6_link_local() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("fe80::1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_ipv6_unique_local() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("fd00::1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_ipv4_mapped_ipv6() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("::ffff:127.0.0.1"));
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("::ffff:192.168.1.1"));
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("::ffff:10.0.0.1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn allows_public_ipv4() {
+        assert!(!is_private_or_local_host("8.8.8.8"));
+        assert!(!is_private_or_local_host("1.1.1.1"));
+        assert!(!is_private_or_local_host("93.184.216.34"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_ipv6_documentation_range() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("2001:db8::1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn allows_public_ipv6() {
+        assert!(!is_private_or_local_host("2607:f8b0:4004:800::200e"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocks_shared_address_space() {
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("100.64.0.1"));
+        assert!(is_private_or_local_host("100.127.255.255"));
+        assert!(!is_private_or_local_host("100.63.0.1")); // Just below range
+        assert!(!is_private_or_local_host("100.128.0.1")); // Just above range
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]