projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

could not read request body: %w

Error message

could not read request body: %w

What it means

Error "could not read request body: %w" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/protocols/http/raw/raw.go:275

		_, found := rawRequest.Headers[key]
		if unsafe {
			rawRequest.UnsafeHeaders = append(rawRequest.UnsafeHeaders, client.Header{Key: line})
		}

		if unsafe && found {
			rawRequest.Headers[line] = ""
		} else {
			rawRequest.Headers[key] = strings.TrimSpace(value)
		}
		if readErr == io.EOF {
			break
		}
	}

	// Set the request body
	b, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read request body: %w", err)
	}
	rawRequest.Data = string(b)
	if !multiPartRequest {
		rawRequest.Data = strings.TrimSuffix(rawRequest.Data, "\r\n")
	}
	return rawRequest, nil

}

func stripLeadingAnnotations(request string) []byte {
	reader := bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(request))
	buffer := bufferPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
	buffer.Reset()
	defer func() {
		buffer.Reset()
		bufferPool.Put(buffer)
	}()

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/protocols/http/raw/raw.go:275 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/58fef9e33002108b. Report an issue: GitHub.