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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-37896 · published 4 August 2023

CVE-2023-37896: Projectdiscovery nuclei path traversal vulnerability

Projectdiscovery · Nuclei

Nuclei is a vulnerability scanner. Prior to version 2.9.9, a security issue in the Nuclei project affected users utilizing Nuclei as Go code (SDK) running custom templates. This issue did not affect CLI users. The problem was related to sanitization issues with payload loading in sandbox mode. There was a potential risk with payloads loading in sandbox mode. The issue occurred due to relative paths not being converted to absolute paths before doing the check for `sandbox` flag allowing arbitrary files to be read on the filesystem in certain cases when using Nuclei from `Go` SDK implementation. This issue has been fixed in version 2.9.9. The maintainers have also enabled sandbox by default for filesystem loading. This can be optionally disabled if required. The `-sandbox` option has been deprecated and is now divided into two new options: `-lfa` (allow local file access) which is enabled by default and `-lna` (restrict local network access) which can be enabled by users optionally. The `-lfa` allows file (payload) access anywhere on the system (disabling sandbox effectively), and `-lna` blocks connections to the local/private network.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.0% · top 37.2% CWE-22 · Path traversal
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
1.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Nuclei is a vulnerability scanner. Prior to version 2.9.9, a security issue in the Nuclei project affected users utilizing Nuclei as Go code (SDK) running custom templates. This issue did not affect CLI users. The problem was related to sanitization issues with payload loading in sandbox mode. There was a potential risk with payloads loading in sandbox mode. The issue occurred due to relative paths not being converted to absolute paths before doing the check for `sandbox` flag allowing arbitrary files to be read on the filesystem in certain cases when using Nuclei from `Go` SDK implementation. This issue has been fixed in version 2.9.9. The maintainers have also enabled sandbox by default for filesystem loading. This can be optionally disabled if required. The `-sandbox` option has been deprecated and is now divided into two new options: `-lfa` (allow local file access) which is enabled by default and `-lna` (restrict local network access) which can be enabled by users optionally. The `-lfa` allows file (payload) access anywhere on the system (disabling sandbox effectively), and `-lna` blocks connections to the local/private network.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pull/3927 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/releases/tag/v2.9.9 Release Notes
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/security/advisories/GHSA-2xx4-jj5v-6mff Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pull/3927 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/releases/tag/v2.9.9 Release Notes
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/security/advisories/GHSA-2xx4-jj5v-6mff Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-37896), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.