projectdiscovery/nuclei

```yaml Nuclei is a fast, template based vulnerability scanner focusing on extensive configurability, massive extensibility and ease of use.

Usage: ./nuclei [flags]

Flags: TARGET: -u, -target string[] target URLs/hosts to scan -l, -list string path to file containing a list of target URLs/hosts to scan (one per line) -targets-inline string inline multiline target list (for use in template profiles) -eh, -exclude-hosts string[] hosts to exclude to scan from the input list (ip, cidr, hostname) -resume string resume scan from and save to specified file (clustering will be disabled) -sa, -scan-all-ips scan all the IP's associated with dns record -iv, -ip-version string[] IP version to scan of hostname (4,6) - (default 4)

TARGET-FORMAT: -im, -input-mode string mode of input file (list, burp, jsonl, yaml, openapi, swagger, http) (default "list") -ro, -required-only use only required fields in input format when generating requests -sfv, -skip-format-validation skip format validation (like missing vars) when parsing input file -vtt, -vars-text-templating enable text templating for vars in input file (only for yaml input mode) -vfp, -var-file-paths string[] list of yaml file contained vars to inject into yaml input

TEMPLATES: -nt, -new-templates run only new templates added in latest nuclei-templates release -ntv, -new-templates-version string[] run new templates added in specific version -as, -automatic-scan automatic web scan using wappalyzer technology detection to tags mapping -t, -templates string[] list of template or template directory to run (comma-separated, file) -turl, -template-url string[] template url or list containing template urls to run (comma-separated, file) -ai, -prompt string generate and run template using ai prompt -w, -workflows string[] list of workflow or workflow directory to run (comma-separated, file) -wurl, -workflow-url string[] workflow url or list containing workflow urls to run (comma-separated, file) -validate validate the passed templates to nuclei -nss, -no-strict-syntax disable strict syntax check on templates -td, -template-display displays the templates content -tl list all templates matching current filters -tgl list all available tags -sign signs the templates with the private key defined in NUCLEI_SIGNATURE_PRIVATE_KEY env variable -code enable loading code protocol-based templates -dut, -disable-unsigned-templates disable running unsigned templates or templates with mismatched signature -esc, -enable-self-contained enable loading self-contained templates -egm, -enable-global-matchers enable loading global matchers templates -file enable loading file templates

FILTERING: -a, -author string[] templates to run based on authors (comma-separated, file) -tags string[] templates to run based on tags (comma-separated, file) -etags, -exclude-tags string[] templates to exclude based on tags (comma-separated, file) -itags, -include-tags string[] tags to be executed even if they are excluded either by default or configuration -id, -template-id string[] templates to run based on template ids (comma-separated, file, allow-wildcard) -eid, -exclude-id string[] templates to exclude based on template ids (comma-separated, file) -it, -include-templates string[] path to template file or directory to be executed even if they are excluded either by default or configuration -et, -exclude-templates string[] path to template file or directory to exclude (comma-separated, file) -em, -exclude-matchers string[] template matchers to exclude in result -s, -severity value[] templates to run based on severity. Possible values: info, low, medium, high, critical, unknown -es, -exclude-severity value[] templates to exclude based on severity. Possible values: info, low, medium, high, critical, unknown -pt, -type value[] templates to run based on protocol type. Possible values: dns, file, http, headless, tcp, workflow, ssl, websocket, whois, code, javascript -ept, -exclude-type value[] templates to exclude based on protocol type. Possible values: dns, file, http, headless, tcp, workflow, ssl, websocket, whois, code, javascript -tc, -template-condition string[] templates to run based on expression condition

OUTPUT: -o, -output string output file to write found issues/vulnerabilities -sresp, -store-resp store all request/response passed through nuclei to output directory -srd, -store-resp-dir string store all request/response passed through nuclei to custom directory (default "output") -silent display findings only -nc, -no-color disable output content coloring (ANSI escape codes) -j, -jsonl write output in JSONL(ines) format -irr, -include-rr -omit-raw include request/response pairs in the JSON, JSONL, and Markdown outputs (for findings only) [DEPRECATED use -omit-raw] (default true) -or, -omit-raw omit request/response pairs in the JSON, JSONL, and Markdown outputs (for findings only) -ot, -omit-template omit encoded template in the JSON, JSONL output -nm, -no-meta disable printing result metadata in cli output -ts, -timestamp enables printing timestamp in cli output -rdb, -report-db string nuclei reporting database (always use this to persist report data) -ms, -matcher-status display match failure status -me, -markdown-export string directory to export results in markdown format -se, -sarif-export string file to export results in SARIF format -je, -json-export string file to export results in JSON format -jle, -jsonl-export string file to export results in JSONL(ine) format -pe, -pdf-export string file to export results in PDF format -rd, -redact string[] redact given list of keys from query parameter, request header and body

CONFIGURATIONS: -config string path to the nuclei configuration file -tp, -profile string template profile config file to run -tpl, -profile-list list community template profiles -fr, -follow-redirects enable following redirects for http templates -fhr, -follow-host-redirects follow redirects on the same host -mr, -max-redirects int max number of redirects to follow for http templates (default 10) -dr, -disable-redirects disable redirects for http templates -rc, -report-config string nuclei reporting module configuration file -H, -header string[] custom header/cookie to include in all http request in header:value format (cli, file) -V, -var value custom vars in key=value format -r, -resolvers string file containing resolver list for nuclei -sr, -system-resolvers use system DNS resolving as error fallback -dc, -disable-clustering disable clustering of requests -passive enable passive HTTP response processing mode -fh2, -force-http2 force http2 connection on requests -ev, -env-vars enable environment variables to be used in template -cc, -client-cert string client certificate file (PEM-encoded) used for authenticating against scanned hosts -ck, -client-key string client key file (PEM-encoded) used for authenticating against scanned hosts -ca, -client-ca string client certificate authority file (PEM-encoded) used for authenticating against scanned hosts -sml, -show-match-line show match lines for file templates, works with extractors only -ztls use ztls library with autofallback to standard one for tls13 [Deprecated] autofallback to ztls is enabled by default -sni string tls sni hostname to use (default: input domain name) -dka, -dialer-keep-alive value keep-alive duration for network requests. -lfa, -allow-local-file-access allow all templates in the run to read any file on the system (not just payloads) -lna, -restrict-local-network-access blocks connections to the local / private network -i, -interface string network interface to use for network scan -at, -attack-type string type of payload combinations to perform (batteringram,pitchfork,clusterbomb) -sip, -source-ip string source ip address to use for network scan -rsr, -response-size-read int max response size to read in bytes -rss, -response-size-save int max response size to read in bytes (default 1048576) -reset reset removes all nuclei configuration and data files (including nuclei-templates) -tlsi, -tls-impersonate enable experimental client hello (ja3) tls randomization -hae, -http-api-endpoint string experimental http api endpoint

INTERACTSH: -iserver, -interactsh-server string interactsh server url for self-hosted instance (default: oast.pro,oast.live,oast.site,oast.online,oast.fun,oast.me) -itoken, -interactsh-token string authentication token for self-hosted interactsh server -interactions-cache-size int number of requests to keep in the interactions cache (default 5000) -interactions-eviction int number of seconds to wait before evicting requests from cache (default 60) -interactions-poll-duration int number of seconds to wait before each interaction poll request (default 5) -interactions-cooldown-period int extra time for interaction polling before exiting (default 5) -ni, -no-interactsh disable interactsh server for OAST testing, exclude OAST based templates

FUZZING: -ft, -fuzzing-type string overrides fuzzing type set in template (replace, prefix, postfix, infix) -fm, -fuzzing-mode string overrides fuzzing mode set in template (multiple, single) -fuzz enable loading fuzzing templates (Deprecated: use -dast instead) -dast enable / run dast (fuzz) nuclei templates -dts, -dast-server enable dast server mode (live fuzzing) -dtr, -dast-report write dast scan report to file -dtst, -dast-server-token string dast server token (optional) -dtsa, -dast-server-address string dast server address (default "localhost:9055") -dtp, -dast-proxy enable dast proxy mode (fuzz live traffic proxied through nuclei) -dtpa, -dast-proxy-address string dast proxy listen address (default "127.0.0.1:9056") -dtpau, -dast-proxy-auth string dast proxy basic auth in user:pass format (required for non-loopback address) -dfp, -display-fuzz-points display fuzz points in the output for debugging -fuzz-param-frequency int frequency of uninteresting parameters for fuzzing before skipping (default 10) -fa, -fuzz-aggression string fuzzing aggression level controls payload count for fuzz (low, medium, high) (default "low") -cs, -fuzz-scope string[] in scope url regex to be followed by fuzzer -cos, -fuzz-out-scope string[] out of scope url regex to be excluded by fuzzer

UNCOVER: -uc, -uncover enable uncover engine -uq, -uncover-query string[] uncover search query -ue, -uncover-engine string[] uncover search engine (shodan,censys,fofa,shodan-idb,quake,hunter,zoomeye,netlas,criminalip,publicwww,hunterhow,google) (default shodan) -uf, -uncover-field string uncover fields to return (ip,port,host) (default "ip:port") -ul, -uncover-limit int uncover results to return (default 100) -ur, -uncover-ratelimit int override ratelimit of engines with unknown ratelimit (default 60 req/min) (default 60)

RATE-LIMIT: -rl, -rate-limit int maximum number of requests to send per second (default 150) -rld, -rate-limit-duration value maximum number of requests to send per second (default 1s) -per-host-rate-limit enable per-host rate limiting (global rate limit becomes unlimited when enabled) -rlm, -rate-limit-minute int maximum number of requests to send per minute (DEPRECATED) -bs, -bulk-size int maximum number of hosts to be analyzed in parallel per template (default 25) -c, -concurrency int maximum number of templates to be executed in parallel (default 25) -hbs, -headless-bulk-size int maximum number of headless hosts to be analyzed in parallel per template (default 10) -headc, -headless-concurrency int maximum number of headless templates to be executed in parallel (default 10) -jsc, -js-concurrency int maximum number of javascript runtimes to be executed in parallel (default 120) -pc, -payload-concurrency int max payload concurrency for each template (default 25) -prc, -probe-concurrency int http probe concurrency with httpx (default 50) -tlc, -template-loading-concurrency int maximum number of concurrent template loading operations (default 50)

OPTIMIZATIONS: -timeout int time to wait in seconds before timeout (default 10) -retries int number of times to retry a failed request (default 1) -ldp, -leave-default-ports leave default HTTP/HTTPS ports (eg. host:80,host:443) -mhe, -max-host-error int max errors for a host before skipping from scan (default 30) -te, -track-error string[] adds given error to max-host-error watchlist (standard, file) -nmhe, -no-mhe disable skipping host from scan based on errors -project use a project folder to avoid sending same request multiple times -project-path string set a specific project path (default "/tmp") -spm, -stop-at-first-match stop processing HTTP requests after the first match (may break template/workflow logic) -stream stream mode - start elaborating without sorting the input -ss, -scan-strategy value strategy to use while scanning(auto/host-spray/template-spray) (default auto) -irt, -input-read-timeout value timeout on input read (default 3m0s) -nh, -no-httpx disable httpx probing for non-url input -preflight-portscan run preflight resolve + TCP portscan and filter targets before scanning (disabled by default) -no-stdin disable stdin processing

HEADLESS: -headless enable templates that require headless browser support (root user on Linux will disable sandbox) -page-timeout int seconds to wait for each page in headless mode (default 20) -sb, -show-browser show the browser on the screen when running templates with headless mode -ho, -headless-options string[] start headless chrome with additional options -sc, -system-chrome use local installed Chrome browser instead of nuclei installed -cdpe, -cdp-endpoint string use remote browser via Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) endpoint -lha, -list-headless-action list available headless actions

DEBUG: -debug show all requests and responses -dreq, -debug-req show all sent requests -dresp, -debug-resp show all received responses -p, -proxy string[] list of http/socks5 proxy to use (comma separated or file input) -pi, -proxy-internal proxy all internal requests -ldf, -list-dsl-function list all supported DSL function signatures -tlog, -trace-log string file to write sent requests trace log -elog, -error-log string file to write sent requests e