diff --git a/docs/networking/network.md b/docs/networking/network.md
index 75a723f3..74ff49a9 100644
--- a/docs/networking/network.md
+++ b/docs/networking/network.md
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ host. It never decrypts TLS, so it holds no signing key. It caches nothing.
 - **Denied before any allow.** Destinations that resolve to loopback,
   link-local, the bridge subnet, a private range (`10.0.0.0/8`,
   `172.16.0.0/12`, `192.168.0.0/16`, `fc00::/7`), shared address space
-  (`100.64.0.0/10`), `0.0.0.0/8`, multicast or reserved space, and IP-literal
+  (`100.64.0.0/10`), `0.0.0.0/8`, `::`, multicast or reserved space, and IP-literal
   hosts, for every user including the unrestricted ones and for listed names.
   Squid resolves names on the host and connects from it, so without these a
   name pointing at `127.0.0.1`, at the host's own LAN address or at a private
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/hive-squid.nix b/nix/host-modules/hive-squid.nix
index fa53d1bb..7f1e107e 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/hive-squid.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/hive-squid.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ let
   # bridge, and the private, shared (CGNAT), unspecified, multicast and
   # reserved ranges. Squid checks the address it connects to, so a name an
   # agent controls cannot point past them.
+  # `::` is listed because a connect to it lands on loopback; squid's
+  # built-in `to_localhost` has `0.0.0.0/32` and `::1` but not `::`. NAT64
+  # (`64:ff9b::/96`) and 6to4 (`2002::/16`) embed IPv4 addresses and are left
+  # out: they matter only on a host with such a route.
   privateRanges = [
     "10.0.0.0/8"
     "172.16.0.0/12"
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ let
     "240.0.0.0/4"
     "fc00::/7"
     "ff00::/8"
+    "::/128"
   ];
 
   # Evaluated top to bottom, first match wins. The destination denies sit
@@ -206,7 +211,7 @@ in
         for an unrestricted user. The self-check canary is allowed on top of
         this list. A name must resolve, on this host's resolver, to a public
         address: one in a loopback, link-local, private, shared (100.64.0.0/10),
-        multicast or reserved range, or in the bridge subnet, gets a 403 for
+        multicast or reserved range (or is `::`), or in the bridge subnet, gets a 403 for
         every user.
       '';
     };
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/hive-otel.nix b/nix/module-eval/hive-otel.nix
index 0e94ae03..94294594 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/hive-otel.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/hive-otel.nix
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ let
             "240.0.0.0/4"
             "fc00::/7"
             "ff00::/8"
+            "::/128"
           ];
     }
     {
diff --git a/nix/vm-tests/hive-squid.nix b/nix/vm-tests/hive-squid.nix
index 5e1fcb03..36f0283e 100644
--- a/nix/vm-tests/hive-squid.nix
+++ b/nix/vm-tests/hive-squid.nix
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
         imports = [
           hiveStubs
           ../host-modules/hive-squid.nix
-          # Listeners a leaked destination would reach: loopback and the bridge.
+          # Listeners a leaked destination would reach: loopback (`::` lands on `::1`) and the bridge.
           (listen443 [
             "127.0.0.1"
+            "[::1]"
             bridgeIp
           ])
         ];
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
           ${bridgeIp} = [ "bridge.t.local" ];
           "169.254.169.254" = [ "meta.t.local" ];
           "fd00:99::2" = [ "ula.t.local" ];
+          "::" = [ "any6.t.local" ];
         }
         // lib.listToAttrs (
           map (p: {
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
           "bridge.t.local"
           "meta.t.local"
           "ula.t.local"
+          "any6.t.local"
         ]
         ++ map (p: p.name) privateNets;
       };
@@ -242,7 +245,7 @@ pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
     web.wait_for_unit("nginx.service")
     proxy.wait_for_open_port(3128, "${bridgeIp}")
 
-    PRIVATE = ["priv10.t.local", "priv172.t.local", "priv192.t.local", "cgnat.t.local", "ula.t.local"]
+    PRIVATE = ["priv10.t.local", "priv172.t.local", "priv192.t.local", "cgnat.t.local", "ula.t.local", "any6.t.local"]
 
     def connect(host, cred=None):
         # The status squid answered the CONNECT with; 000 when none came back.