projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

headers cannot be empty in headers auth

Error message

headers cannot be empty in headers auth

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:114

			}
		}
	}

	switch {
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(BasicAuth)):
		if s.Username == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("username cannot be empty in basic auth")
		}
		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)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:114 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/ac4aa093a8e7953f. Report an issue: GitHub.