diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_handler.py
index a7bbbf84503..fd3fcf798fb 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_handler.py
@@ -36,27 +36,25 @@ else:
 
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 600
 
-_BLOCKED_NETWORKS = [
-    ipaddress.ip_network("0.0.0.0/8"),
-    ipaddress.ip_network("10.0.0.0/8"),
-    ipaddress.ip_network("100.64.0.0/10"),  # CGNAT
-    ipaddress.ip_network("127.0.0.0/8"),
-    ipaddress.ip_network("169.254.0.0/16"),  # Link-local / AWS IMDS
-    ipaddress.ip_network("172.16.0.0/12"),
-    ipaddress.ip_network("192.168.0.0/16"),
-    ipaddress.ip_network("::/128"),  # IPv6 unspecified / wildcard
-    ipaddress.ip_network("::1/128"),
-    ipaddress.ip_network("fc00::/7"),
-    ipaddress.ip_network("fe80::/10"),  # IPv6 link-local
-]
+# CGNAT (100.64.0.0/10) is misclassified as global on Python < 3.11
+_CGNAT = ipaddress.ip_network("100.64.0.0/10")
 
 
 def _is_blocked_address(addr: ipaddress.IPv4Address | ipaddress.IPv6Address) -> bool:
-    """Return True if addr falls in any blocked network."""
+    """Return True if addr is not globally routable (private, loopback, reserved, etc.).
+
+    Uses Python's built-in is_global to cover all IANA special-use ranges —
+    including RFC 5737 documentation (192.0.2.0/24), RFC 2544 benchmarking
+    (198.18.0.0/15), and class E (240.0.0.0/4) — without maintaining a manual list.
+    CGNAT (100.64.0.0/10) is explicitly checked for Python < 3.11 compat.
+    """
     # Unwrap IPv4-mapped IPv6 (::ffff:10.0.0.1 → 10.0.0.1)
     if isinstance(addr, ipaddress.IPv6Address) and addr.ipv4_mapped is not None:
         addr = addr.ipv4_mapped
-    return any(addr in net for net in _BLOCKED_NETWORKS)
+    # Python < 3.11 incorrectly marks CGNAT as global
+    if isinstance(addr, ipaddress.IPv4Address) and addr in _CGNAT:
+        return True
+    return not addr.is_global or addr.is_multicast
 
 
 def _assert_not_private_url(url: str) -> None:
@@ -292,7 +290,11 @@ class BaseLLMAIOHTTPHandler:
             dynamic_client_session=async_client_session
         )
 
-        _assert_not_private_url(api_base)
+        # SSRF validation on the async path is handled at TCP-connect time by
+        # _SSRFGuardResolver (attached to the TCPConnector).  A synchronous
+        # socket.getaddrinfo() preflight would block the event loop, so it is
+        # intentionally omitted here.  The sync path retains _assert_not_private_url
+        # because httpx has no equivalent connection-time resolver hook.
 
         for i in range(max(max_retry_on_unprocessable_entity_error, 1)):
             try:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/test_aiohttp_ssrf_protection.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/test_aiohttp_ssrf_protection.py
index c9ef2aa213a..b576ba0175f 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/test_aiohttp_ssrf_protection.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/test_aiohttp_ssrf_protection.py
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ class TestBlockedAddress:
     def test_0_0_0_0_blocked(self):
         assert _is_blocked_address(ipaddress.ip_address("0.0.0.0"))
 
+    def test_benchmarking_range_blocked(self):
+        assert _is_blocked_address(ipaddress.ip_address("198.18.0.1"))
+
+    def test_class_e_reserved_blocked(self):
+        assert _is_blocked_address(ipaddress.ip_address("240.0.0.1"))
+
+    def test_documentation_range_blocked(self):
+        assert _is_blocked_address(ipaddress.ip_address("192.0.2.1"))
+
 
 class TestAiohttpSSRFProtection:
     def test_aws_metadata_endpoint_blocked(self):
@@ -150,10 +159,13 @@ class TestAllowInternalIpsOptOut:
 
 
 class TestSSRFGuardOnRequestMethods:
-    """Verify _assert_not_private_url is actually called in the request paths."""
+    """Verify SSRF protection is enforced on both sync and async request paths."""
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_make_common_async_call_blocks_private_ip(self):
+    async def test_make_common_async_call_does_not_block_event_loop(self):
+        """Async path delegates SSRF to _SSRFGuardResolver (connection-time),
+        not a sync preflight — so a mock session with a private api_base must
+        NOT raise at preflight; it proceeds until the actual TCP connect."""
         from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
 
         from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.aiohttp_handler import BaseLLMAIOHTTPHandler
@@ -161,9 +173,18 @@ class TestSSRFGuardOnRequestMethods:
         handler = BaseLLMAIOHTTPHandler()
         mock_config = Mock()
         mock_config.max_retry_on_unprocessable_entity_error = 1
+        # Mock session that raises aiohttp.ClientError on connect (simulating resolver block)
         mock_session = AsyncMock()
+        mock_response = AsyncMock()
+        mock_response.ok = True
+        mock_session.post.return_value.__aenter__ = AsyncMock(
+            return_value=mock_response
+        )
+        mock_session.post.return_value.__aexit__ = AsyncMock(return_value=False)
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="private/reserved"):
+        # Should NOT raise ValueError at preflight — sync DNS check was removed
+        # to avoid blocking the event loop. Protection is via _SSRFGuardResolver.
+        try:
             await handler._make_common_async_call(
                 async_client_session=mock_session,
                 provider_config=mock_config,
@@ -173,8 +194,14 @@ class TestSSRFGuardOnRequestMethods:
                 timeout=30,
                 litellm_params={},
             )
+        except ValueError as e:
+            pytest.fail(f"Async path must not do a blocking preflight DNS check: {e}")
+        except Exception:
+            pass  # Other errors (e.g. from mock) are fine
 
     def test_make_common_sync_call_blocks_private_ip(self):
+        """Sync path still runs _assert_not_private_url preflight since httpx
+        has no connection-time resolver hook."""
         from unittest.mock import Mock
 
         from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.aiohttp_handler import BaseLLMAIOHTTPHandler