projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

get "%s": unexpected status %d

Error message

get "%s": unexpected status %d

What it means

Error "get "%s": unexpected status %d" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/catalog/loader/remote_loader.go:100

func getRemoteContent(URL string, remoteTemplateDomainList []string, contentType ContentType) RemoteContent {
	if err := validateRemoteTemplateURL(URL, remoteTemplateDomainList); err != nil {
		return RemoteContent{Error: err}
	}
	if strings.HasPrefix(URL, "http") && stringsutil.HasSuffixAny(URL, extensions.YAML) {
		return RemoteContent{
			Content: []string{URL},
			Type:    contentType,
		}
	}
	response, err := retryablehttp.DefaultClient().Get(URL)
	if err != nil {
		return RemoteContent{Error: err}
	}
	defer func() {
		_ = response.Body.Close()
	}()
	if response.StatusCode < 200 || response.StatusCode > 299 {
		return RemoteContent{Error: fmt.Errorf("get \"%s\": unexpected status %d", URL, response.StatusCode)}
	}

	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(response.Body)
	var templateList []string
	for scanner.Scan() {
		text := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
		if text == "" {
			continue
		}
		if utils.IsURL(text) {
			if err := validateRemoteTemplateURL(text, remoteTemplateDomainList); err != nil {
				return RemoteContent{Error: err}
			}
		}
		templateList = append(templateList, text)
	}

	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/catalog/loader/remote_loader.go:100 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/6032b45b52a5bcd4. Report an issue: GitHub.