projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

could not read request: %w

Error message

could not read request: %w

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at pkg/protocols/http/raw/raw.go:206

}

// reads raw request line by line following convention
func readRawRequest(request string, unsafe bool) (*Request, error) {
	rawRequest := &Request{
		Headers: make(map[string]string),
	}

	// store body if it is unsafe request
	if unsafe {
		rawRequest.UnsafeRawBytes = stripLeadingAnnotations(request)
	}

	// parse raw request
	reader := bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(request))
read_line:
	s, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read request: %w", err)
	}
	// ignore all annotations
	if stringsutil.HasPrefixAny(s, "@") {
		goto read_line
	}

	parts := strings.Fields(s)
	if len(parts) > 0 {
		rawRequest.Method = parts[0]
		if len(parts) == 2 && strings.Contains(parts[1], "HTTP") {
			// When relative path is missing/ not specified it is considered that
			// request is meant to be untampered at path
			// Ex: GET HTTP/1.1
			parts = []string{parts[0], "", parts[1]}
		}
		if len(parts) < 3 && !unsafe {
			// missing a field
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed request specified: %v", s)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/protocols/http/raw/raw.go:206 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/f74ddca622341c42. Report an issue: GitHub.