owasp-amass/amass · error

failed to extract the IP address

Error message

failed to extract the IP address

What it means

getAddr failed to obtain an IPAddress asset: either db.FindEntityById returned an error/no entity, or the entity's Asset could not be asserted to *network.IPAddress. It is a combined lookup-then-type-guard failure, so the ID is stale/unknown or the entity is not an IP address. Callers: NamesToAddrs, oneMoreName, cnameQuery.

Source

Thrown at internal/net/addr.go:119

							})
							continue loop
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	return results, nil
}

func getAddr(ctx context.Context, db repository.Repository, ip *dbt.Entity, since time.Time) (*network.IPAddress, error) {
	if entity, err := db.FindEntityById(ctx, ip.ID); err == nil && entity != nil {
		if ip, ok := entity.Asset.(*network.IPAddress); ok {
			return ip, nil
		}
	}
	return nil, errors.New("failed to extract the IP address")
}

func oneMoreName(ctx context.Context, db repository.Repository, fqdn *dbt.Entity, since time.Time) (*network.IPAddress, error) {
	if edges, err := db.OutgoingEdges(ctx, fqdn, since, "dns_record"); err == nil && len(edges) > 0 {
		for _, edge := range edges {
			if rel, ok := edge.Relation.(*oamdns.BasicDNSRelation); ok && (rel.Header.RRType == 1 || rel.Header.RRType == 28) {
				return getAddr(ctx, db, edge.ToEntity, since)
			}
		}
	}
	return nil, errors.New("failed to traverse the FQDN")
}

func cnameQuery(ctx context.Context, db repository.Repository, fqdn *dbt.Entity, since time.Time) (*network.IPAddress, error) {
	set := stringset.New()
	defer set.Close()

	next := fqdn

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Solutions

1. Verify the entity ID being passed actually refers to a previously stored IPAddress asset
2. Check that the graph/repository connection is healthy so FindEntityById is not erroring
3. At call sites, treat this as 'no address resolved' and continue with other DNS edges rather than aborting the traversal

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/net/addr.go:119 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of owasp-amass/amass@79299dce87 (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ead3896ff98cd4dd. Report an issue: GitHub.