diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/optics.ts b/frontend/src/lib/optics.ts
index 0e758f4b..ac72e192 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/optics.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/optics.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,37 @@ export const DEFAULT_OPTICS = [
   },
 ] satisfies DefaultOpticOption[];
 
+const isPrivateIp4 = (url: string) => {
+  const parts = url.split('://');
+  const ip =
+    parts.length > 0
+      ? parts[parts.length - 1].replace(/\/$/, '').split(':')[0]
+      : url.replace(/\/$/, '').split(':')[0];
+
+  if (/^(10)\.(.*)\.(.*)\.(.*)$/.test(ip)) return true;
+  if (/^(172)\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])\.(.*)\.(.*)$/.test(ip)) return true;
+  if (/^(192)\.168\.(.*)\.(.*)$/.test(ip)) return true;
+  if (/^(127)\.(0)\.(0)\.(1)$/.test(ip)) return true;
+  if (/^(100)\.(6[4-9]|[7-9][0-9]|1[0-1][0-9]|12[0-7])\.(.*)\.(.*)$/.test(ip)) return true;
+
+  return false;
+};
+
+const isPrivateIp6 = (url: string) => {
+  const parts = url.split('://');
+  const ip =
+    parts.length > 0
+      ? parts[parts.length - 1].replace(/\/$/, '').split(':')[0]
+      : url.replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+  if (/^fe80::/i.test(ip)) return true;
+  if (/^fd[0-9a-f]{2}:/i.test(ip)) return true;
+
+  return false;
+};
+
+const isPrivateIp = (url: string) => isPrivateIp4(url) || isPrivateIp6(url);
+
 /**
  * Fetces the given `opticUrl` if allowed. The rules for which are allowed
  * should consider potentially malicious URLs such as `file://` or
@@ -77,6 +108,11 @@ export const DEFAULT_OPTICS = [
  */
 export const fetchRemoteOptic = async (opts: { opticUrl: string; fetch?: typeof fetch }) => {
   if (opts.opticUrl.startsWith('file://')) return void 0;
+  if (isPrivateIp(opts.opticUrl)) return void 0;
+
   const response = await (opts.fetch ?? fetch)(opts.opticUrl);
+
+  if (isPrivateIp(response.url)) return void 0;
+
   return await response.text();
 };