CVE-2026-41646 (GCVE-0-2026-41646)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-08 03:14
Modified
2026-05-08 14:11
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
projectdiscovery nuclei Version: >= 3.0.0, < 3.8.0
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