projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

dialers not initialized for %s

Error message

dialers not initialized for %s

What it means

Error "dialers not initialized for %s" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/js/libs/redis/redis.go:156

// IsAuthenticated checks if the redis server requires authentication
// @example
// ```javascript
// const redis = require('nuclei/redis');
// const isAuthenticated = redis.IsAuthenticated('acme.com', 6379);
// ```
func IsAuthenticated(ctx context.Context, host string, port int) (bool, error) {
	executionId := ctx.Value("executionId").(string)
	return memoizedisAuthenticated(ctx, executionId, host, port)
}

// @memo
func isAuthenticated(ctx context.Context, executionId string, host string, port int) (bool, error) {
	plugin := pluginsredis.REDISPlugin{}
	timeout := 5 * time.Second
	dialer := protocolstate.GetDialersWithId(executionId)
	if dialer == nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("dialers not initialized for %s", executionId)
	}

	conn, err := dialer.Fastdialer.Dial(ctx, "tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", host, port))
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	defer func() {
		_ = conn.Close()
	}()

	_, err = plugin.Run(conn, timeout, plugins.Target{Host: host})
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	return true, nil
}

// RunLuaScript runs a lua script on the redis server

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/js/libs/redis/redis.go:156 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/889e0514ae699077. Report an issue: GitHub.