projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

no such path found: %s

Error message

no such path found: %s

What it means

Error "no such path found: %s" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/catalog/disk/path.go:52

	if c.templatesFS == nil {
		curDirectory, err := os.Getwd()
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}

		templatePath := filepath.Join(curDirectory, templateName)
		if potentialPath, err := c.tryResolve(templatePath); err != errNoValidCombination {
			return potentialPath, nil
		}
	}

	templatePath := filepath.Join(config.DefaultConfig.GetTemplateDir(), templateName)
	if potentialPath, err := c.tryResolve(templatePath); err != errNoValidCombination {
		return potentialPath, nil
	}

	return "", fmt.Errorf("no such path found: %s", templateName)
}

var errNoValidCombination = errors.New("no valid combination found")

// tryResolve attempts to load locate the target by iterating across all the folders tree
func (c *DiskCatalog) tryResolve(fullPath string) (string, error) {
	if c.templatesFS == nil {
		if fileutil.FileOrFolderExists(fullPath) {
			return fullPath, nil
		}
	} else {
		if _, err := fs.Stat(c.templatesFS, fullPath); err == nil {
			return fullPath, nil
		}
	}
	return "", errNoValidCombination
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/catalog/disk/path.go:52 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/5a94b6d62d6773c3. Report an issue: GitHub.