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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2026-76804 json

Nuclei: Local File Read via Workflow File-Protocol Gate Bypass

published 2026-09-22 47 d ago modified 2026-10-01 38 d ago also GHSA-qgw5-7j4f-fg97 , GO-2026-6574 , EUVD-2026-84554

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Nuclei is a vulnerability scanner built on a simple YAML-based DSL. From 3.0.0 until 3.10.0, the workflow template loading path does not enforce the -file capability gate when resolving file: protocol templates referenced by a workflow. An untrusted unsigned workflow can therefore load a file-protocol template and read local files from the scanner host even when the operator has not enabled file templates. The issue affects CLI users running workflows with -w and SDK integrations that accept end-user workflows while relying on the default file-access restriction. This issue is fixed in version 3.10.0.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3 3.10.0

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-2026-76804 updated cvss 5.5

github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei: Nuclei: Local File Read via Workflow File-Protocol Gate 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
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
41 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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, <3.10.0
3.10.0
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

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