diff --git a/router/downloader/downloader.go b/router/downloader/downloader.go
index 85034ed..a89cca1 100644
--- a/router/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/router/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -4,17 +4,50 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"emperror.dev/errors"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server"
 	"io"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
 
+var client = &http.Client{Timeout: time.Hour * 12}
+var instance = &Downloader{
+	// Tracks all of the active downloads.
+	downloadCache: make(map[string]*Download),
+	// Tracks all of the downloads active for a given server instance. This is
+	// primarily used to make things quicker and keep the code a little more
+	// legible throughout here.
+	serverCache: make(map[string][]string),
+}
+
+// Regex to match the end of an IPv4/IPv6 address. This allows the port to be removed
+// so that we are just working with the raw IP address in question.
+var ipMatchRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(:\d+)$`)
+
+// Internal IP ranges that should be blocked if the resource requested resolves within.
+var internalRanges = []*net.IPNet{
+	mustParseCIDR("127.0.0.1/8"),
+	mustParseCIDR("10.0.0.0/8"),
+	mustParseCIDR("172.16.0.0/12"),
+	mustParseCIDR("192.168.0.0/16"),
+	mustParseCIDR("169.254.0.0/16"),
+	mustParseCIDR("::1/128"),
+	mustParseCIDR("fe80::/10"),
+	mustParseCIDR("fc00::/7"),
+}
+
+const ErrInternalResolution = errors.Sentinel("downloader: destination resolves to internal network location")
+const ErrInvalidIPAddress = errors.Sentinel("downloader: invalid IP address")
+const ErrDownloadFailed = errors.Sentinel("downloader: download request failed")
+
 type Counter struct {
 	total   int
 	onWrite func(total int)
@@ -27,12 +60,6 @@ func (c *Counter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return n, nil
 }
 
-type Downloader struct {
-	mu            sync.RWMutex
-	downloadCache map[string]*Download
-	serverCache   map[string][]string
-}
-
 type DownloadRequest struct {
 	URL       *url.URL
 	Directory string
@@ -47,16 +74,6 @@ type Download struct {
 	cancelFunc *context.CancelFunc
 }
 
-var client = &http.Client{Timeout: time.Hour * 12}
-var instance = &Downloader{
-	// Tracks all of the active downloads.
-	downloadCache: make(map[string]*Download),
-	// Tracks all of the downloads active for a given server instance. This is
-	// primarily used to make things quicker and keep the code a little more
-	// legible throughout here.
-	serverCache: make(map[string][]string),
-}
-
 // Starts a new tracked download which allows for cancelation later on by calling
 // the Downloader.Cancel function.
 func New(s *server.Server, r DownloadRequest) *Download {
@@ -108,15 +125,24 @@ func (dl *Download) Execute() error {
 	dl.cancelFunc = &cancel
 	defer dl.Cancel()
 
+	// Always ensure that we're checking the destination for the download to avoid a malicious
+	// user from accessing internal network resources.
+	if err := dl.isExternalNetwork(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// At this point we have verified the destination is not within the local network, so we can
+	// now make a request to that URL and pull down the file, saving it to the server's data
+	// directory.
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, dl.req.URL.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.WrapIf(err, "downloader: failed to create request")
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Pterodactyl Panel (https://pterodactyl.io)")
-	res, err := client.Do(req) // lgtm [go/request-forgery]
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New("downloader: failed opening request to download file")
+		return ErrDownloadFailed
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
@@ -178,6 +204,52 @@ func (dl *Download) counter(contentLength int64) *Counter {
 	}
 }
 
+// Verifies that a given download resolves to a location not within the current local
+// network for the machine. If the final destination of a resource is within the local
+// network an ErrInternalResolution error is returned.
+func (dl *Download) isExternalNetwork(ctx context.Context) error {
+	dialer := &net.Dialer{
+		LocalAddr: nil,
+	}
+
+	host := dl.req.URL.Host
+	if !ipMatchRegex.MatchString(host) {
+		if dl.req.URL.Scheme == "https" {
+			host = host + ":443"
+		} else {
+			host = host + ":80"
+		}
+	}
+
+	c, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+	c.Close()
+
+	ip := net.ParseIP(ipMatchRegex.ReplaceAllString(c.RemoteAddr().String(), ""))
+	if ip == nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(ErrInvalidIPAddress)
+	}
+	if ip.IsLoopback() || ip.IsLinkLocalUnicast() || ip.IsLinkLocalMulticast() || ip.IsInterfaceLocalMulticast() {
+		return errors.WithStack(ErrInternalResolution)
+	}
+	for _, block := range internalRanges {
+		if block.Contains(ip) {
+			return errors.WithStack(ErrInternalResolution)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Defines a global downloader struct that keeps track of all currently processing downloads
+// for the machine.
+type Downloader struct {
+	mu            sync.RWMutex
+	downloadCache map[string]*Download
+	serverCache   map[string][]string
+}
+
 // Tracks a download in the internal cache for this instance.
 func (d *Downloader) track(dl *Download) {
 	d.mu.Lock()
@@ -222,3 +294,11 @@ func (d *Downloader) remove(dlid string) {
 		d.serverCache[sid] = out
 	}
 }
+
+func mustParseCIDR(ip string) *net.IPNet {
+	_, block, err := net.ParseCIDR(ip)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("downloader: failed to parse CIDR: %s", err))
+	}
+	return block
+}