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CVE-2026-41282

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2026-04-20
  • Fixed in3.8.0
  • WeaknessCWE-94

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

ProjectDiscovery Nuclei 3 before 3.8.0 allows DSL expression injection. This affects use of -env-vars for multi-step templates against untrusted targets (not the default configuration).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-04-2008:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-41282?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-41282?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Projectdiscovery nuclei
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.x≥ 3.0.0, < 3.8.03.8.0
projectdiscovery/nuclei
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
projectdiscovery/nuclei
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Projectdiscovery nuclei to 3.8.0

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2026-04-20
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.14read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-94read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.4 %2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2026-04-20
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41282?

ProjectDiscovery Nuclei 3 before 3.8.0 allows DSL expression injection. This affects use of -env-vars for multi-step templates against untrusted targets (not the default configuration).

Is CVE-2026-41282 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2026-41282, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-41282?

CVE-2026-41282 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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