projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

no template severity field provided

Error message

no template severity field provided

What it means

Error "no template severity field provided" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/templates/compile.go:567

	}

	if template.Info.Authors.IsEmpty() {
		return nil, errors.New("no template author field provided")
	}

	numberOfWorkflows := len(template.Workflows)
	if numberOfWorkflows > 0 && numberOfWorkflows != template.Requests() {
		return nil, errors.New("workflows cannot have other protocols")
	}

	// use default unknown severity
	if len(template.Workflows) == 0 {
		if template.Info.SeverityHolder.Severity == severity.Undefined {
			// set unknown severity with counter and forced warning
			template.Info.SeverityHolder.Severity = severity.Unknown
			if options.Options.Validate {
				// when validating return error
				return nil, errors.New("no template severity field provided")
			}
		}
	}

	// Setting up variables regarding template metadata
	options.TemplateID = template.ID
	options.TemplateInfo = template.Info
	options.StopAtFirstMatch = template.StopAtFirstMatch

	if template.Variables.Len() > 0 {
		options.Variables = template.Variables
	}

	// if more than 1 request per protocol exist we add request id to protocol request
	// since in template context we have proto_prefix for each protocol it is overwritten
	// if request id is not present
	template.validateAllRequestIDs()

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/templates/compile.go:567 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/44ab0d9c5822be8b. Report an issue: GitHub.