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CVE-2026-41646

24
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: May 8, 2026Last modified: May 8, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 3.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:projectdiscovery:nuclei:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0011 is in the 2nd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3Fixed in: 3.8.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-29rg-wmcw-hpf4medium

Nuclei: Local File Read via require() Module Loader Bypass

Apr 22, 2026

References

github.com / projectdiscovery/nuclei/commit/6f2ade6a9b427c284c15a43445f9c7f055e60e5d
Patch
github.com / projectdiscovery/nuclei/pull/7332
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / projectdiscovery/nuclei/security/advisories/GHSA-29rg-wmcw-hpf4
MitigationPatchVendor Advisory