diff --git a/packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/listen.ts b/packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/listen.ts
index 2181c6d56..478df2fa8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/listen.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/listen.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export interface Listener {
 }
 
 const ANY_HOSTS = new Set(['', '0.0.0.0', '::'])
-const LOOPBACK_HOSTS = new Set(['localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1'])
 const DEFAULT_PORTS = { http: 80, https: 443 } as const
 
 /** How long in-flight requests have to finish before their sockets are killed. */
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ export async function createListener(bound: BoundServer, options: ListenOptions
       console.log(`${qr ? '' : '\n'}${lines.join('\n')}\n`)
     }
 
-    if (announce && (anyHost || !LOOPBACK_HOSTS.has(hostname))) {
+    if (announce && !isLoopbackAddress(address.address)) {
       logger.warn('The dev server is reachable from the network without authentication: anyone who can connect can read the app, build errors and source code.')
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt-cli/test/unit/listen.spec.ts b/packages/nuxt-cli/test/unit/listen.spec.ts
index 60bd9be63..2caf0c7ba 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-cli/test/unit/listen.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt-cli/test/unit/listen.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { networkInterfaces } from 'node:os'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 import { canOpenBrowser, copyURL, formatDisplayURL, getNetworkAddresses, isReusePortSupported, listen, matchesBoundTarget, openBrowser, parsePort, resolveOpenCommand, validateHostname, writeClipboard } from '../../src/dev/listen'
+import { logger } from '../../src/utils/logger'
 
 const writeText = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
 const isolatedEnvironment = vi.hoisted(() => ({ current: undefined as string | undefined }))
@@ -277,6 +278,34 @@ describe('listen', () => {
     expect(listener.url).toBe(`http://localhost:${listener.address.port}/`)
   })
 
+  describe('network warning', () => {
+    const NETWORK_WARNING = 'The dev server is reachable from the network without authentication'
+
+    async function warnsFor(hostname: string) {
+      const warn = vi.spyOn(logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+      try {
+        await start({ port: 0, hostname })
+        return warn.mock.calls.some(([message]) => String(message).includes(NETWORK_WARNING))
+      }
+      finally {
+        warn.mockRestore()
+      }
+    }
+
+    it('should warn when bound to all interfaces', async () => {
+      expect(await warnsFor('0.0.0.0')).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('should not warn when bound to loopback', async () => {
+      expect(await warnsFor('127.0.0.1')).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    // Only Linux binds `127.0.0.0/8` addresses beyond `127.0.0.1` without configuration.
+    it.runIf(process.platform === 'linux')('should not warn when bound to another loopback address', async () => {
+      expect(await warnsFor('127.0.0.2')).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
   it('should reject an invalid port before binding', async () => {
     await expect(start({ port: 'nope' })).rejects.toThrow('Invalid port `nope`; expected an integer between 0 and 65535.')
   })