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Security: Replace urllib.request with httpx in WebDAV testing

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The `_test_webdav_connection` function previously used `urllib.request.urlopen`
to verify connection credentials. This triggers a Bandit B310 warning because
`urllib` supports multiple schemes (like file://, ftp://) and implicitly follows
redirects.

Although scheme checking and a basic `is_private_ip` validation were implemented,
using `urllib.request` remains risky because a public URL could return an
HTTP redirect to a private IP (e.g., 127.0.0.1) which `urllib` would blindly follow,
causing an SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) bypass.

This commit replaces `urllib.request` with `httpx.request` using explicitly
`follow_redirects=False`. This eliminates the B310 vulnerability, ensures
requests only hit the specified URL without following potentially malicious
redirects, and standardizes the application on `httpx` for safer HTTP connections.

Co-authored-by: christianlouis <361235+christianlouis@users.noreply.github.com>
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**Vulnerability:** The `_test_webdav_connection` function had a custom SSRF check that failed to resolve DNS names, allowing attackers to bypass the check by providing a domain that resolves to an internal IP (e.g., `127.0.0.1`).
**Learning:** DNS resolution is required for robust SSRF protection when validating URLs provided by users.
**Prevention:** Use a centralized `is_private_ip` function (now in `app/utils/network.py`) that resolves the hostname to its IPs and checks if any are private.
## 2026-03-22 - B310: urllib.request.urlopen replaced with httpx
**Vulnerability:** The `_test_webdav_connection` function used `urllib.request.urlopen`, which natively supports dangerous schemes like `file://` or `ftp://` and follows redirects by default, potentially allowing SSRF bypasses or Local File Inclusion.
**Learning:** `urllib.request` should be avoided for user-supplied URLs. Even when URL schemes are manually validated, `urllib`'s default redirect following behavior can bypass SSRF protections (e.g. redirecting to `127.0.0.1`).
**Prevention:** Use a modern, safer HTTP client like `httpx` with `follow_redirects=False` when testing user-provided URLs.