projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

raw cookie cannot be empty

Error message

raw cookie cannot be empty

What it means

Error "raw cookie cannot be empty" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:189

func (c *Cookie) Validate() error {
	if c.Raw != "" {
		return nil
	}
	if c.Key == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf("key cannot be empty")
	}
	if c.Value == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf("value cannot be empty")
	}
	return nil
}

// Parse parses the cookie
// in raw the cookie is in format of
// Set-Cookie: <cookie-name>=<cookie-value>; Expires=<date>; Path=<path>; Domain=<domain_name>; Secure; HttpOnly
func (c *Cookie) Parse() error {
	if c.Raw == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf("raw cookie cannot be empty")
	}
	tmp := strings.TrimPrefix(c.Raw, "Set-Cookie: ")
	slice := strings.Split(tmp, ";")
	if len(slice) == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid raw cookie no ; found")
	}
	// first element is the cookie name and value
	cookie := strings.Split(slice[0], "=")
	if len(cookie) == 2 {
		c.Key = cookie[0]
		c.Value = cookie[1]
		return nil
	}
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid raw cookie: %s", c.Raw)
}

// GetAuthDataFromFile reads the auth data from file
func GetAuthDataFromFile(file string) (*Authx, error) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go:189 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/d8ee5dd71e6144ad. Report an issue: GitHub.