CVE-2026-41646

medium

Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-11

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CVSS v3

5.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3	`>=3.0.0,<3.8.0`	`3.8.0`
Go	github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei
Go	github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2
GO	github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3	`>= 3.0.0, < 3.8.0`	`3.8.0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
projectdiscovery	nuclei	`{"startIncluding":"3.0.0","endExcluding":"3.8.0"}`	`3.8.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.