diff --git a/src/pages/api/services/index.ts b/src/pages/api/services/index.ts
index d312568d..f994aafc 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/services/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import getConfig from 'next/config';
 import { getLatestFailDate } from 'modules/Github/api';
 
+
+function isPrivateAddress(checkUrl: string): boolean {
+   // The ipv4PrivatePattern matches private IPv4 addresses. These ranges are coming from RFC 1918, which defines private IPv4 address ranges:
+  // - 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
+  // - 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
+  // - 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
+  const ipv4PrivatePattern: RegExp = /^(10\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}|192\.168\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}|172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})$/;
+  // The ipv6PrivatePattern matches private IPv6 addresses. These ranges are coming from RFC 4193, which defines Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses:
+  // - fc00::/7
+  // - fd00::/8
+  // Additionally, it includes the loopback and unspecified addresses (::1 and ::) and the link-local addresses (fe80::/10).
+  const ipv6PrivatePattern: RegExp = /^(?:[fF][cCdD]|[fF]{3}(?::[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:2001:)?[dD][bB][aA][8-9]::|(?:2001:)?[dD][bB][cCdD]:|(?:(?:[fF]{3}(?::[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2})?::)?[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:(?:[fF]{3}(?::[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2})?)$/;
+
+  // Extract the hostname from the URL
+  let hostname: string;
+  try {
+    const urlObj: URL = new URL(checkUrl);
+    hostname = urlObj.hostname;
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (ipv4PrivatePattern.test(hostname) || ipv6PrivatePattern.test(hostname) || hostname === "localhost" || hostname === "127.0.0.1" || hostname === "::1" || hostname === "0.0.0.0");
+}
+
 const { serverRuntimeConfig } = getConfig();
 
 const get =
@@ -32,6 +57,20 @@ const get =
         return res;
       }
 
+      if (json.hasOwnProperty("fetch")) {
+        const url = json.fetch;
+        if (isPrivateAddress(url)) {
+          res.statusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK;
+          res.json({
+            status: 'ko',
+            message: 'Could not download url',
+            url: '',
+            error: "URL seems to be a private address and has been blocked"
+          });
+          return res;
+        }
+      }
+
       const downloadResult = await downloadUrl(json, {
         folderDirPath: serverRuntimeConfig.scrapedFilesFolder,
         newUrlDirPath: `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_PATH || ''}${