diff --git a/lib/pipelock.sh b/lib/pipelock.sh
index 0a64f10..187175f 100644
--- a/lib/pipelock.sh
+++ b/lib/pipelock.sh
@@ -165,6 +165,50 @@ pipelock_bottle_ssh_hostnames() {
   ' "$manifest_file"
 }
 
+# _pipelock_is_ipv4_literal <s> — exit 0 if <s> looks like an IPv4
+# literal (four dot-separated octets). Pipelock's SSRF check fires on
+# the resolved IP, so a Hostname that's already an IP literal needs
+# `ssrf.ip_allowlist`, while a hostname needs `trusted_domains`.
+_pipelock_is_ipv4_literal() {
+  local s="${1:?}"
+  [[ "$s" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]
+}
+
+# pipelock_bottle_ssh_trusted_domains <manifest> <bottle>
+#
+# Hostname-shaped ssh[].Hostname entries that should bypass pipelock's
+# SSRF check (so a name resolving to a private IP — e.g. internal API
+# behind a VPN — is reachable). IP-literal entries are excluded;
+# trusted_domains is hostname-based per pipelock's docs.
+pipelock_bottle_ssh_trusted_domains() {
+  local manifest_file="${1:?}"
+  local bottle_name="${2:?}"
+  local h
+  while IFS= read -r h; do
+    [ -z "$h" ] && continue
+    _pipelock_is_ipv4_literal "$h" && continue
+    printf '%s\n' "$h"
+  done < <(pipelock_bottle_ssh_hostnames "$manifest_file" "$bottle_name")
+}
+
+# pipelock_bottle_ssh_ip_cidrs <manifest> <bottle>
+#
+# Emits one canonical /32 CIDR per IPv4-literal ssh[].Hostname so they
+# pass pipelock's SSRF IP-range check (which blocks RFC 1918, RFC 6598
+# CGNAT, link-local, loopback, etc. by default). Hostnames are skipped
+# — they go through trusted_domains instead.
+pipelock_bottle_ssh_ip_cidrs() {
+  local manifest_file="${1:?}"
+  local bottle_name="${2:?}"
+  local h
+  while IFS= read -r h; do
+    [ -z "$h" ] && continue
+    if _pipelock_is_ipv4_literal "$h"; then
+      printf '%s/32\n' "$h"
+    fi
+  done < <(pipelock_bottle_ssh_hostnames "$manifest_file" "$bottle_name")
+}
+
 # pipelock_effective_allowlist <manifest_file> <bottle_name>
 #
 # Prints the deduplicated union of: the baked-in default allowlist, the
@@ -285,6 +329,32 @@ pipelock_write_yaml() {
     printf 'forward_proxy:\n'
     printf '  enabled: true\n'
     printf '\n'
+    # SSRF exemptions for declared SSH hosts. Pipelock blocks the CGNAT
+    # range (100.64.0.0/10, where Tailscale IPs live) and the rest of
+    # RFC 1918 / link-local by default. Hostname entries go to
+    # trusted_domains; IP-literal entries to ssrf.ip_allowlist as /32.
+    local trusted_count=0 ssrf_count=0
+    local td
+    while IFS= read -r td; do
+      [ -z "$td" ] && continue
+      if [ "$trusted_count" -eq 0 ]; then
+        printf 'trusted_domains:\n'
+      fi
+      printf '  - "%s"\n' "$td"
+      trusted_count=$((trusted_count + 1))
+    done < <(pipelock_bottle_ssh_trusted_domains "$manifest_file" "$bottle_name")
+    [ "$trusted_count" -gt 0 ] && printf '\n'
+    local cidr
+    while IFS= read -r cidr; do
+      [ -z "$cidr" ] && continue
+      if [ "$ssrf_count" -eq 0 ]; then
+        printf 'ssrf:\n'
+        printf '  ip_allowlist:\n'
+      fi
+      printf '    - "%s"\n' "$cidr"
+      ssrf_count=$((ssrf_count + 1))
+    done < <(pipelock_bottle_ssh_ip_cidrs "$manifest_file" "$bottle_name")
+    [ "$ssrf_count" -gt 0 ] && printf '\n'
     printf 'dlp:\n'
     printf '  include_defaults: true\n'
     printf '  scan_env: true\n'