projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

cookies cannot be empty in cookies auth

Error message

cookies cannot be empty in cookies auth

What it means

Error "cookies cannot be empty in cookies auth" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:123

		if s.Password == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("password cannot be empty in basic auth")
		}
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(BearerTokenAuth)):
		if s.Token == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("token cannot be empty in bearer token auth")
		}
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(HeadersAuth)):
		if len(s.Headers) == 0 {
			return fmt.Errorf("headers cannot be empty in headers auth")
		}
		for _, header := range s.Headers {
			if err := header.Validate(); err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("invalid header in headersAuth: %s", err)
			}
		}
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(CookiesAuth)):
		if len(s.Cookies) == 0 {
			return fmt.Errorf("cookies cannot be empty in cookies auth")
		}
		for _, cookie := range s.Cookies {
			if cookie.Raw != "" && !s.skipCookieParse {
				if err := cookie.Parse(); err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("invalid raw cookie in cookiesAuth: %s", err)
				}
			}
			if err := cookie.Validate(); err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("invalid cookie in cookiesAuth: %s", err)
			}
		}
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(QueryAuth)):
		if len(s.Params) == 0 {
			return fmt.Errorf("query cannot be empty in query auth")
		}
		for _, query := range s.Params {
			if err := query.Validate(); err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("invalid query in queryAuth: %s", err)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:123 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of projectdiscovery/nuclei@265b3a3dec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0f759d92081ba8a0. Report an issue: GitHub.