diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4efddcb..51d31f72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security
 - Updated ELK to 6.8.23 which uses log4j 2.17.1 (<https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/cvat/pull/4206>)
+- Added validation for URLs which used as remote data source (<https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/cvat/pull/4387>)
 
 ## \[1.7.0] - 2021-11-15
 
diff --git a/cvat/apps/engine/task.py b/cvat/apps/engine/task.py
index 89079929..33464493 100644
--- a/cvat/apps/engine/task.py
+++ b/cvat/apps/engine/task.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import itertools
 import os
 import sys
+from rest_framework.serializers import ValidationError
 import rq
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ from traceback import print_exception
 from urllib import parse as urlparse
 from urllib import request as urlrequest
 import requests
+import ipaddress
+import dns.resolver
 import django_rq
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -203,6 +206,45 @@ def _validate_manifest(manifests, root_dir):
         raise Exception('Invalid manifest was uploaded')
     return None
 
+def _validate_url(url):
+    def _validate_ip_address(ip_address):
+        if not ip_address.is_global:
+            raise ValidationError('Non public IP address \'{}\' is provided!'.format(ip_address))
+
+    ALLOWED_SCHEMES = ['http', 'https']
+
+    parsed_url = urlparse.urlparse(url)
+
+    if parsed_url.scheme not in ALLOWED_SCHEMES:
+        raise ValueError('Unsupported URL sheme: {}. Only http and https are supported'.format(parsed_url.scheme))
+
+    try:
+        ip_address = ipaddress.ip_address(parsed_url.hostname)
+        _validate_ip_address(ip_address)
+    except ValueError as _:
+        ip_v4_records = None
+        ip_v6_records = None
+        try:
+            ip_v4_records = dns.resolver.query(parsed_url.hostname, 'A')
+            for record in ip_v4_records:
+                _validate_ip_address(ipaddress.ip_address(record.to_text()))
+        except ValidationError:
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            slogger.glob.info('Cannot get A record for domain \'{}\': {}'.format(parsed_url.hostname, e))
+
+        try:
+            ip_v6_records = dns.resolver.query(parsed_url.hostname, 'AAAA')
+            for record in ip_v6_records:
+                _validate_ip_address(ipaddress.ip_address(record.to_text()))
+        except ValidationError:
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            slogger.glob.info('Cannot get AAAA record for domain \'{}\': {}'.format(parsed_url.hostname, e))
+
+        if not ip_v4_records and not ip_v6_records:
+            raise ValidationError('Cannot resolve IP address for domain \'{}\''.format(parsed_url.hostname))
+
 def _download_data(urls, upload_dir):
     job = rq.get_current_job()
     local_files = {}
@@ -210,6 +252,7 @@ def _download_data(urls, upload_dir):
         name = os.path.basename(urlrequest.url2pathname(urlparse.urlparse(url).path))
         if name in local_files:
             raise Exception("filename collision: {}".format(name))
+        _validate_url(url)
         slogger.glob.info("Downloading: {}".format(url))
         job.meta['status'] = '{} is being downloaded..'.format(url)
         job.save_meta()
diff --git a/cvat/requirements/base.txt b/cvat/requirements/base.txt
index d01f0f2c..e2a98b2e 100644
--- a/cvat/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/cvat/requirements/base.txt
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ datumaro==0.2.0 --no-binary=datumaro
 urllib3>=1.26.5 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 natsort==8.0.0
 mistune>=2.0.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+dnspython==2.2.0