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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2026-41646 json

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

published 2026-04-22 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 14 d ago also GHSA-29rg-wmcw-hpf4 , GO-2026-4965 , EUVD-2026-28499

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3 3.8.0
  • projectdiscovery nuclei 3.8.0
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-41646 updated cvss 5.0

github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei: nuclei: Nuclei: Information disclosure via JavaScript template local file access bypass

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pull/7332 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3
>=3.0.0, <3.8.0
3.8.0
go github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei
all versions
 no fix listed
go github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • projectdiscovery nuclei

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.