diff --git a/src/web-server/middleware/auth-middleware.ts b/src/web-server/middleware/auth-middleware.ts
index 39228916..204b4c97 100644
--- a/src/web-server/middleware/auth-middleware.ts
+++ b/src/web-server/middleware/auth-middleware.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import session from 'express-session';
 import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
 
 import crypto from 'crypto';
+import * as net from 'net';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import {
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ function isLoopbackHostname(value: string | undefined): boolean {
   return (
     normalized === 'localhost' ||
     normalized.endsWith('.localhost') ||
-    isLoopbackRemoteAddress(normalized)
+    (net.isIP(normalized) !== 0 && isLoopbackRemoteAddress(normalized))
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/web-server/auth-middleware.test.ts b/tests/unit/web-server/auth-middleware.test.ts
index a252cda2..fabe6583 100644
--- a/tests/unit/web-server/auth-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/web-server/auth-middleware.test.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,18 @@ describe('Dashboard Auth', () => {
       expect(isDashboardWebSocketUpgradeAllowed(request)).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('blocks 127-prefixed DNS names from loopback websocket origin aliases', () => {
+      process.env.CCS_DASHBOARD_AUTH_ENABLED = 'false';
+      const request = makeUpgradeRequest('127.0.0.1', false, {
+        host: 'localhost:3001',
+        origin: 'http://127.evil.example.test:3001',
+      });
+
+      expect(isDashboardWebSocketOriginAllowed(request)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isDashboardWebSocketUpgradeAllowed(request)).toBe(false);
+      expect(getDashboardWebSocketRejectionStatus(request)).toBe(403);
+    });
+
     it('blocks cross-site websocket origins even with an authenticated session', () => {
       process.env.CCS_DASHBOARD_AUTH_ENABLED = 'true';
       const request = makeUpgradeRequest('127.0.0.1', true, {