diff --git a/.changeset/smart-owls-jog.md b/.changeset/smart-owls-jog.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59394205e820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smart-owls-jog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: listen on loopback for wrangler dev port check and login
+
+Avoid listening on the wildcard address to reduce the attacker's surface and
+avoid firewall prompts on macOS.
+
+Relates to #4430.
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/dev.tsx b/packages/wrangler/src/dev.tsx
index b6f4859d370f..f009031dcdd9 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/dev.tsx
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/dev.tsx
@@ -626,12 +626,15 @@ export async function startApiDev(args: StartDevOptions) {
 	};
 }
 /**
+ * Get an available TCP port number.
+ *
  * Avoiding calling `getPort()` multiple times by memoizing the first result.
  */
-function memoizeGetPort(defaultPort?: number) {
+function memoizeGetPort(defaultPort: number, listenHost: string) {
 	let portValue: number;
 	return async () => {
-		return portValue || (portValue = await getPort({ port: defaultPort }));
+		// Check a specific host to avoid probing all local addresses.
+		return portValue || (portValue = await getPort({ port: defaultPort, host: listenHost }));
 	};
 }
 /**
@@ -705,14 +708,14 @@ async function validateDevServerSettings(
 	);
 
 	const { zoneId, host, routes } = await getZoneIdHostAndRoutes(args, config);
-	const getLocalPort = memoizeGetPort(DEFAULT_LOCAL_PORT);
-	const getInspectorPort = memoizeGetPort(DEFAULT_INSPECTOR_PORT);
+	const getLocalPort = memoizeGetPort(DEFAULT_LOCAL_PORT, config.dev.ip);
+	const getInspectorPort = memoizeGetPort(DEFAULT_INSPECTOR_PORT, config.dev.ip);
 
 	// Our inspector proxy server will be binding to the result of
 	// `getInspectorPort`. If we attempted to bind workerd to the same inspector
 	// port, we'd get a port already in use error. Therefore, generate a new port
 	// for our runtime to bind its inspector service to.
-	const getRuntimeInspectorPort = memoizeGetPort();
+	const getRuntimeInspectorPort = memoizeGetPort(0, config.dev.ip);
 
 	if (config.services && config.services.length > 0) {
 		logger.warn(
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/dev/proxy.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/dev/proxy.ts
index fe9fa3f8c633..b37c9d95abc9 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/dev/proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/dev/proxy.ts
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ export async function waitForPortToBeAvailable(
 					doReject(err);
 				}
 			});
-			server.listen(port, () =>
+			server.listen(port, "localhost", () =>
 				terminator
 					.terminate()
 					.then(doResolve, () =>
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/user/user.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/user/user.ts
index 90cc3a2fbbf2..f03ce3dbdc41 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/user/user.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/user/user.ts
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ export async function login(
 			}
 		});
 
-		server.listen(8976);
+		server.listen(8976, "localhost");
 	});
 	if (props?.browser) {
 		logger.log(`Opening a link in your default browser: ${urlToOpen}`);