projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

query cannot be empty in query auth

Error message

query cannot be empty in query auth

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:137

			}
		}
	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)
			}
		}
	case strings.EqualFold(s.Type, string(QueryAuth)):
		if len(s.Params) == 0 {
			return fmt.Errorf("query cannot be empty in query auth")
		}
		for _, query := range s.Params {
			if err := query.Validate(); err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("invalid query in queryAuth: %s", err)
			}
		}
	default:
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid type: %s", s.Type)
	}
	return nil
}

type KV struct {
	Key   string `json:"key" yaml:"key"` // Header key (preserves exact casing)
	Value string `json:"value" yaml:"value"`
}

func (k *KV) Validate() error {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:137 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/f2b3b51d1852d547. Report an issue: GitHub.