FKIE_CVE-2026-41646

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-08 04:16 - Updated: 2026-05-08 19:42
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Nuclei is a vulnerability scanner built on a simple YAML-based DSL. From version 3.0.0 to before version 3.8.0, a vulnerability in Nuclei's JavaScript protocol runtime allows JavaScript templates to read local .js and .json files through the require() function, bypassing the default local file access restriction. This issue has been patched in version 3.8.0.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/commit/6f2ade6a9b427c284c15a43445f9c7f055e60e5dPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pull/7332Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/security/advisories/GHSA-29rg-wmcw-hpf4Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pull/7332Issue Tracking, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
projectdiscovery nuclei *
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